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19.08.2026

Faulty Broadcom Network Driver Causing Packet Drops on ESXi 8.x

Today, while troubleshooting application connectivity issues for a customer, we uncovered a problem that initially looked like an application or network issue but ultimately turned out to be a faulty ESXi network driver. The environment was experiencing intermittent connectivity problems affecting virtual machine workloads. Users reported slow application response times, increased latency, and occasional connection instability. After deeper analysis, the root cause was traced back to a new...

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