I don't know of any effects. If there is no traffic, then the only thing might be a router that does not like the media port held open for so long without traffic on it. If that is the case, you might give that machine priority on the local router or exclude it from intrusion detection.
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Avtex Solutions, LLC
Contact Center Innovation Architect
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