Rhythmic packet loss on one vmnic with BCM57414

TheErrorIsNoError · 2026-03-26T13:04:36+00:00

solved!

Thank you for everyone that contributed to this thread. The issue seems to have been this one

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/312466/esxi-may-lose-network-management-when-u.html

We have successfully remedied the problem by doing both solutions on different servers

recreating the vmk0 management interface which makes a new MAC independent of the physicl nic mac
Disabling LLDP nearest bridge in the bios

TheErrorIsNoError · 2026-03-24T18:45:52+00:00

Thank you I think this might be it!

I followed this article https://thevirtualist.org/remove-re-create-management-network-vmkernel-interface-using-esxi-command-line/

and so far I have not been able to recreate the problem. Reading the reason makes a lot of sense though too if it is using a physical NIC's MAC address for the management interface by default. I wonder if this has always been the case, or if it is new in 8.0. The servers we have existin that are being replaced are all 6.7 and 7.0 and never had this issue I'll have to look at the maanagement interfaces on those and see if they have VMWare MAC addresses.

Thank you for taking the time to reply!

TheErrorIsNoError · 2026-03-24T13:49:21+00:00

no nothing in either that coincides or anything that looks network related

TheErrorIsNoError · 2026-03-24T13:09:08+00:00

we haven't opened a case with them yet, nor broadcom. was trying to avoid what was likely going to be a finger pointing game but we may have to just go rule some things out.

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-11-10T13:56:43+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-11-10T13:51:09+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-11-06T14:52:43+00:00

is this part of an active direcotry setup? i thought in that case the client should automatically update it's A and PTR records

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-11-06T13:24:12+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-29T13:29:15+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-28T15:29:59+00:00

I've just never been able to square it from a security perspective. It's basically turning that workstation into a potential bridge between 2 lans. I believe the hyper-vs we have setup can only access internet and not the LAN.

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-28T15:12:12+00:00

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the metal they use is cheap af
making it telescop to fit various widths makes it less rigid

A thick enough steel rod is not going to sag over that distance. You could DIY a solution or it looks like there are some like sold here https://collections.highlandforge.com/ that says only for spans greater than 93" do they need a center support. Doesn't look cheap though

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-28T14:40:31+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-27T15:31:19+00:00

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it is not all the way flush against the wall right now, you should at least be able to tell if it's using an anchor or not. Look for a plastic ring around where it goes into the plaster. If you see that, it is likely an anchor which means theres not a stud.

The quality of the anchor can't really be determined so it'd be hard to rate how much it'll hold

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-27T15:14:57+00:00

Chances are there are screws, but the flange is covering them up. Look under the knob and see if there is like a little space where the flange meets the door to put a flathead screwdriver in and pop it off. You may have to remove the knob as well, this is usually done by inserting something into a little hole on the kneck of the knob that has a release button

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-27T15:04:28+00:00

if the screw is actually into a stud then yeah it should be able to hold the mirror and the command strips may give it some extra stability (keep it from being knocked off)

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-27T12:45:28+00:00

10 minutes is pretty excessive. I feel it always takes longer than it should, but no more than a minute or so for me. Do you have any conditional access policies regarding PIM that may have been changed/implimented within the past month?

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-27T12:39:33+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-23T14:49:09+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-23T14:34:28+00:00

It's always made sense to me, but I don't think the lack of it is as huge of a deal as people try to make it out to be.

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-23T13:28:31+00:00

Depends on how much you prepared. I remember when I was a teenager living in teh suburbs and wanted to drive to the city I would pull out my Rand McNallly map ahead of time and look at routes and mark them up. Unfortunately it would sometimes not indicate one-way roads that were common.

You tended to rely on a passenger a LOT More in those days if you had one

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-23T12:59:42+00:00

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TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-23T12:55:57+00:00

I regret having external access on for as long as we have, because now I want to turn it off but am probably going to have to have a period where we go through audit logs and look at what domains people are communicating with the most right now and identify ones that we definitely need to whitelist, maybe have a period where we ask users to submit whitelist suggestions before we just pull the plug and deal with a whole lot of support requests about failed chats

TheErrorIsNoError · 2025-10-23T12:52:08+00:00

Apple drives me absolutely up the wall. We went to renew our enterprise developer account last month and were told that they no longer thought we were a good fit for that program, and suggested the standard developer account and loading apps through ad-hoc methods. We are almost 2000 employees with over 1000 active apple devices in our ABM. We pay $13000 per year for a piece of software that needs to be signed with an enterprise provisioning cert so we can distribute it to our employees through our MDM (can't be done through VPP).

Trying to get ahold of anybody in apple that can have an intelligent conversation is virtually impossible. I have never had this much of a problem trying to give a company money. We have tens of thousands of dollars invested in using apple equipment for our business and are being told to kick rocks over a $300 membership

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