[mod.computers.vax] Network Partner Exited

GKN%OAK.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA (01/03/86)

Date:    Fri,  3-JAN-1986 07:50 EST
To:      Info-VAX@SRI-KL.Arpa
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        From:   VENARD%EDUCOM.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
        Subj:   "Network partner exited" message
        Date:   2 JAN 86 09:23-EST

        From time to time, users sending network messages from within the
        VMS Mail Utility are confronted with the following message:

        %MAIL-E-LOGLINK, error creating network link to node 0
        -System-F-Linkexit, network partner exited

        After re-trying the same message 2 or 3 times the error goes away
        and the message is successfully sent, but this is annoying.

Generally when this error occurs when using just plain DECnet to deliver
a message, it's an indication that the remote server process did not respond
within a timeout period.  There are a couple of VAXen on our own internal
network with tremendous loads on them during the day, and the "network
partner exited" error is a frequent occurance.  The solution for this problem
(again in the case of DECnet) is to increase the Outgoing Timer and the
Incoming Timer with NCP.

I do not know for sure, but your RSCS server process may not be responding
quickly enough.  Is your system load high enough where this might be a problem?

gkn

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