Change of Network Service Stopped OSI Layer-2 Communication
| Event Year: | 2003 | Reliability: | Confirmed |
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| Country: | Switzerland | ||
| Industry Type: | Other | ||
| Description: | Prior to the incident, all PLCs of a control system were connected to one network service (i.e. one port of a router). Over this service, all were also able to use the OSI layer-2 (ISO) protocol for communication. Due to an exhaustion of all IP adresses in the subnet, the PLCs were regrouped into two services by connecting some of them to another port of the same router. Unfortunately, due to the fact that the ISO protocol was not bridged between the two services, the inter-communication between the PLCs of both groups ceased. |
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| Impact: | The production control system was off for some days. |
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| Action Description: | The corresponding router has been re-configured to handle the ISO protocol bridging. Nevertheless, a final solution will be the termination of all non-IP protocols by the end of 2004. | ||