[WinMac] RE:Network hangs
Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 22:59:39 -0500
Hello!
I don't think it's the hub at all... This sounds like an AppleTalk problem.
Check both the System and Application Event logs on the server for clues.
At 11:56 AM 11/13/98 -0500, Tony Green wrote:
>Hello, everyone. We have a small network with one Compaq Proliant Pentium
>Pro (160 meg RAM) running NT Server 4.0 SP3 with a Compaq NIC and two 3Com
>Super Stack II hubs (a 12 and a 24 port). Client machines are mostly Macs
>(running 8.1 with AppleShare 3.8) and some Windows clients (running Windows
>95) and two printers, HP 4MV and Tektronix Phaser 380. From time to time
>(ranging from twice a day to once every few days) the network hangs. No
>Ethernet traffic moves at all--no internet connection, no printing, etc.
>None of the computers including the server misbehaves in any way when this
>happens. Unplugging the hubs from AC power (they don't have an on/of
>switch) always fixes it. Do I blame the hubs themselves or is something
>else at fault? I have found no correlation between any event and the hang.
>I'm not sure where to start. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
>
>Tony Green
Yours truly,
Daniel L. Schwartz,
Electrical Engineer.
Dan's Macintosh Consulting
Suite 1306
1840 Frontage Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-2205
609-795-8965
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