hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (08/31/89)
This is a warning to all of you using MODUNet appletalk modules from DataSpec. They do not work. If you are having problems with one machine not being able to talk to another or not being able to choose a printer, then check for these connectors. Even if only one of these connectors are on your network, it will affect other Macs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT
gilbertd@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) (08/31/89)
In article <1647@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Harold Wong) writes: >This is a warning to all of you using MODUNet appletalk modules from >DataSpec. They do not work. If you are having problems with one machine >not being able to talk to another or not being able to choose a printer, >then check for these connectors. Even if only one of these connectors are on >your network, it will affect other Macs. I have used about 20 of these with no problems at all. Could you be more specific about "they do not work"? What is your network like? Were they installed properly? -- Don gilbertd@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) (09/01/89)
In article <25260@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> gilbertd@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) writes: >In article <1647@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Harold Wong) writes: >>This is a warning to all of you using MODUNet appletalk modules from >>DataSpec. They do not work. If you are having problems with one machine >>not being able to talk to another or not being able to choose a printer, >>then check for these connectors. Even if only one of these connectors are on >>your network, it will affect other Macs. > >I have used about 20 of these with no problems at all. Could you be more >specific about "they do not work"? What is your network like? Were they >installed properly? > >-- Don gilbertd@silver.bacs.indiana.edu > I'm using them like any normal localnet installation. Let me describe two situations. One time I had seven Macs hooked up along three consecutive tables. The phone cord between the Macs were 6 ft. Two of the Macs had appletalk so I placed them at the end. When everything was hooked up, I had difficulty getting falcon and net trek to work. Sometimes each of the Macs could see the other and at other times, they couldn't. Yes, I tried taking the terminator out but that didn't help. In the second situation, I have many Macs scattered throughtut two floors of our building. Once hooked up, I had the same problem. This time the problem was easier to detect since all I had to do was to use the chooser to look for our laserprinter. Again, some of the Macs at different times could find the printer and at other times couldn't. Traffic watch found lots of CRC errors. I finally decided to take a chance and replaced all the modunets with phone net. The network has been flawless since. I was careful not to disturb any of the existing wiring. This time, I tried a little experiment. I replaced one of the phone net with a modunet and the problem showed up again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT
stel@tank.uchicago.edu (stelios valavanis) (09/01/89)
In article <1647@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Harold Wong) writes: >This is a warning to all of you using MODUNet appletalk modules from >DataSpec. They do not work. If you are having problems with one machine >not being able to talk to another or not being able to choose a printer, >then check for these connectors. Even if only one of these connectors are on >your network, it will affect other Macs. WRONG! i used modunet from dataspec for about a year (no network now) and had no problem at all. you must have a bad batch or some other problem. i recommend everyone to buy these instead of faralon's since they are much cheaper. they're about 60% of the price of the faralon ones. just goes to show you how much mark up there is on all these so-called "name brands" stel -- Bitnet: uclstel@uchimvs1.bitnet | remember, you can't know something Internet: stel@tank.uchicago.edu | you know, but you can be uucp: ...!uunet!mimsy!oddjob!tank!stel | aware of it
hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) (09/02/89)
In article <5259@tank.uchicago.edu> stel@tank.uchicago.edu (stelios valavanis) writes: >In article <1647@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Harold Wong) writes: >>This is a warning to all of you using MODUNet appletalk modules from >>DataSpec. They do not work. If you are having problems with one machine >>not being able to talk to another or not being able to choose a printer, >>then check for these connectors. Even if only one of these connectors are on >>your network, it will affect other Macs. > >WRONG! i used modunet from dataspec for about a year (no network now) Wrong? I really did have a problem. Really. No kidding. >and had no problem at all. you must have a bad batch or some other >problem. i recommend everyone to buy these instead of faralon's since I had to return all 26 of these Modunets. I was lucky they gave me a refund. How can you recommend something that is unreliable? Time is much too valuable to waste on debugging a system. What happens if you had to install 100s of these things, then spend days, trying to debug it and then finally have to tell your boss you have to throw them all out because these things weren't working. Now you tell him it's going to have to cost him an extra %60 of what you paid for and you hope dataspec will take them back and give you your money back. No thanks, do it right the first time. >they are much cheaper. they're about 60% of the price of the faralon Have you check Mac Connections prices lately? Phonenet plus $35 ea. and $21 ea. in a pack of 10. MacWorld Sept 1989 issue. >ones. just goes to show you how much mark up there is on all these >so-called "name brands" >stel > >-- >Bitnet: uclstel@uchimvs1.bitnet | remember, you can't know something >Internet: stel@tank.uchicago.edu | you know, but you can be >uucp: ...!uunet!mimsy!oddjob!tank!stel | aware of it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT