Use "show ports statistics" instead. If the weather station only outputs very few packets, the "show ports util" will not reveal much. Look at the "packets" counters for RX and TX in the "statistics" command instead.
One thing you can try is to change the serial settings. The EXOS line of switches uses "no flow control". I'd say this is the normal config for switches, but it does sound like the flow control may be what is lacking. The most common type of flow con...
So, these are LAGs between the sites, right? What ring protocol do you use, EAPS, ERPS, STP or something else? Routed with IS-IS, OSPF or BGP perhaps?If this is EAPS (which it seems to be), there is no reason for the protocol to take down the ports. ...
Unless you actually have rings, I'd recommend ditching STP except for STP Edgeport in access. From what you write, the problem isn't the networking staff connecting stuff irresponsibly, but users that connect stuff that cause loops, right? Extreme ha...
The X430 went EOL 9/30/2023 and with the two firmware clean-ups that have happened in the Extreme firmware repository, there are no versions left there. Unless you downloaded them before April last year, you're out of luck.
