larry@wiley.UUCP (Larry Gouger) (03/04/88)
I have been having real problems with the Apple Ethernet Card. I use it in the following setup: Macintosh II (obviously), 2M, 40M hard disk System: 4.2, Finder: 6.0 EtherNet Driver: EtherTalk v1.0 Network Version 1.0 The Problem and its been a big one for me has been using the EtherNet Card to do TCP/IP using NCSA Telnet 2.1e. The symptoms of the problem are the following: I am usually able to startup Telnet and make a connection with a machine. After a while the program goes into Super Slow Motion (Trademark ABC ?); and all communication with the connected hosts is hung. I can exit the program using command keys but it takes a while for there to be any responce. The problem seems to be related to the network activity; the busier the network, the bigger the problem. I wrote a message to Gaige B. Paulsen about the problem to following is his responce: >To: <larry@wiley.uucp> >Subject: Re: telnet2.1e bugreport >From: Gaige B. Paulsen <gaige@ncsa.uiuc.edu> > >I have had a LOT of trouble with my Apple EtherTalk card as well. I would >suggest one simple test to check the hardware. First, set your network >to Local, then reboot your Mac II. Run some other (non-Telnet) software and >see how the machine works. It has been my experience (and it has been reported >by some others), that the EtherTalk card has a problem on busy networks which >will cause it to slow down and/or crash the machine. If this is NOT the case >with yours, please send me a response, as I am always willing to find and >remove bugs from the code. > >Incidently, the EtherTalk version works just fine with the Kinetics cards and >the SCSI box. > >Thanks very much! >Gaige I have had no trouble running AppleTalk applications that use the Local network. I routinely run Tops while I have the network configured in Local mode. While the network is in EtherTalk mode all I run is NCSA Telnet. If anyone has had similar experiences please let me know. If any one knows how to correct the behavior I am experiencing definitely let me know. -larry. Larry Gouger TRW Inc., CoyoteWorks R2/2156, Redondo Beach, CA (213) 812-2751 ...!{uunet,cit-vax,trwrb}!wiley!larry
mdr@reed.UUCP (Mike Rutenberg) (03/08/88)
I heard a very unsubstantiated rumor that the Apple Ethernet card will sometimes wedge during normal use. This was actually heard from a Kinetics person, who heard it from some end user, for what that is worth. Mike -- Mike Rutenberg Software Engineer & Short Order Cook (503) 771-5516
verber@fruit.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Verber) (03/08/88)
Once upon a time the Apple EtherTalk board did had a problem of freezing. The problem only appeared on a very busy ethernet. As far as I know, the problem has been fixed , but a few of the A/UX beta sites might have gotten the early (buggy) board. Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Science Department Mark A. Verber The Ohio State University verber@ohio-state.arpa +1 (614) 292-7344 cbosgd!osu-cis!verber
akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (Atul Kacker) (03/08/88)
In article <8415@reed.UUCP> mdr@reed.UUCP (Mike Rutenberg) writes: >I heard a very unsubstantiated rumor that the Apple Ethernet card will >sometimes wedge during normal use. This was actually heard from a >Kinetics person, who heard it from some end user, for what that is worth. > C'mon, if you don't have any concrete information, don't post such notes. Go get a job with PC Week or some such rag. >Mike Rutenberg > Software Engineer & Short Order Cook > (503) 771-5516 Do you also tell your customers - "There may be roaches in your food. This is from the brother-in-law of a guy who came in to use the men's room once." Get serious or use net.bizarre. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atul Kacker | Internet: akk2@tut.cc.rochester.edu | UUCP: {ames,cmcl2,decvax,rutgers}!rochester!ur-tut!akk2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
elwell@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Clayton Elwell) (03/08/88)
mdr@reed.UUCP (Mike Rutenberg) writes:
I heard a very unsubstantiated rumor that the Apple Ethernet card will
sometimes wedge during normal use. This was actually heard from a
Kinetics person, who heard it from some end user, for what that is worth.
Mike
--
Mike Rutenberg
Software Engineer & Short Order Cook
(503) 771-5516
That might have been us. We got one of the first seed EtherTalk
boards, which is still in our seed Mac II, and it does wedge on a busy
Ethernet (like ours :-)), which we reported last year when we found
the problem. HOWEVER, this board is several revs behind the
production one. I have used production ones, and have never seen the
problem on any other machine.
I think they work great.
--
Clayton M. Elwell / elwell@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu