The switch should not need to be rebooted on a regular basis. The most common times for a reboot is when performing firmware updates. The latest firmware being 3.3.15.1. [URL] While the issue is occurring, I would take a look at some of the following show commands. The output can help further identify possible causes.  The command # show logging, will give you the output of any logged messages. If there are any messages/errors, they may help further identify the possible cause. You can use the command # show interfaces counters, to check for any interfaces with errors, or high amounts of broadcast packets in comparison to total packets. Use these commands to check the resources on the switch. # show process cpu, and # show memory cpu. If these are on the high side, it can affect performance.  While the issue is occurring, you may want to try unplugging devices that are attacked to the switch, instead of unplugging the switch from the router. Unplug them one at a time and test to see if there is any impact on the network.  Keep us posted on your findings.
Howdy, I have a PowerConnect 6224 that I'm using at home on my home network.  I recently started having a really *** internet connection with Pings in the multi-hundred range.  My setup is very simple: Cable Modem -> Wireless Router -> PC 6224 -> stuff (printers, VOIP box, file server computer, etc) If I go to www.pingtest.net with everything connected (I'm on wifi to the router), I was averaging around a 300ms ping response.  I then found that if I simply disconnect the switch from the router and run the test again, I get a sub 20ms ping without making any other changes.  If I then plug the switch back in, my pings are back up into the multi-hundred range. I then unplugged the switch for a bit and let it reboot.  I rant the pingtest again it jumped up to around 95ms ping.  This is much better than it was before the reboot but still not as good as I'd like. So this seems to tell me that the traffic from the switch is flooding the router with something that's causing all the traffic to slow way down.  When I brought the switch home, I installed the latest firmware and reset all the settings to their default and didn't change anything. I'm wondering if there are certain settings I should change on the switch that might help with this problem.  Should I just get in the habit of rebooting it every so often?  Anything I can do? Thanks for any help!
PC 6224 is killing my network. Help? :)