A broadcast storm occurs when a network is flooded with broadcast data packets and none of the network devices (workstations, servers, and other network appliances) is able to communicate. Broadcast data packet is a special packet where all network devices will receive. Broadcast data packet is common in a healthy network; for instance, if a sending workstation does not know the receiver's IP address, the sending workstation will need to send out a broadcast data packet asking for receiver's response. High level of broadcast data packets on the network is undesirable, however. If a network is flooded with broadcast packets, users may not be able to use any of the network resources and perform any network related activities. Broadcast storm is commonly caused by errors in network topology or defective network hardware. TEG-424WS offers a feature called broadcast storm control; it will help network administrators to filter high level of broadcast packets to keep the network functional until errors can be corrected. Broadcast storm control is a feature of the Switch that provides the ability to control the receive rate of broadcasted packets.  The threshold can be set from 8000 ~ 4,096,000 bytes per second to help reduce the traffic backup, or in other words a broadcast storm.