sylvia@chopin.udel.edu (Sylvia M Berta) (12/21/90)
I am having problems with a small, two-node installation (HAH...50 nodes are no problem, be it 2.15 or 3.0!). I am in need of suggestions/solution(s), so thanks in advance. Here's the scenario: Server: 55SX w/2M RAM operating as non-dedicated, w/WD8003E/A LAN card. Single node: 50 w/1M RAM, w/WD8003E/A LAN card. Neither system has any additional cards, etc....just "plain vanilla" (or should I say "blue"?). Connected by thin ether. I have run the diagnostics for the cards...okay. I have run COMCHECK, after running IPX...okay. The server boots okay, and the local "DOS workstation" mode runs okay on the server machine, although there have been some station freezes when running WP5.0 (I have recommended another 1M of RAM to hopefully take care of that problem). But when NET3 is run on the model 50, there's a delay, and then the message that a file server is not found is given. I have also tried it by running in dedicated mode, but no difference. I am going to try a different LAN card tomorrow (Excelan) and see if that will work, but then I'm out of ideas! Is there something about the 55SX in conjunction w/ELS II that I should know? Is this an impossible setup? Is it just using the WD8003E/A card that's the problem? Inquiring minds want to know! And to make the matter better, the vendor that sold the package to this particular office (not my office...I'm just trying to help) has stated that he's more than willing to help for the sum of $100/hour. After all, he gave them a great price!...it didn't include support! So for the time being, until we buy some NSO contract, the net is my only other source of help. Have a happy holiday time ... Syl Berta
Tim.Radbourne@p5.f60.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Tim Radbourne) (12/25/90)
> I am having problems with a small, two-node > installation (HAH...50 nodes > are no problem, be it 2.15 or 3.0!). I am in need of > suggestions/solution(s), so thanks in advance. Here's > the scenario: > > Server: 55SX w/2M RAM operating as non-dedicated, > w/WD8003E/A LAN card. > > Single node: 50 w/1M RAM, w/WD8003E/A LAN card. > > Neither system has any additional cards, etc....just "plain vanilla" (or > should I say "blue"?). Connected by thin ether. > > I have run the diagnostics for the cards...okay. > > I have run COMCHECK, after running IPX...okay. > > on the server machine, although there have been some station freezes > when running WP5.0 (I have recommended another 1M of RAM to hopefully > take care of that problem). Another meg won't help you there.... Looks like you have some software conflicts somewhere. > But when NET3 is run on the model 50, there's a delay, and then the > message that a file server is not found is given. > > I am going to try a different LAN card tomorrow (Excelan) and see if > that will work, but then I'm out of ideas! Look into the network card and software driver that you are using. That will probably be your problem. The WD is a pretty standard card though..... -- Tim Radbourne - via FidoNet node 1:140/22 UUCP: ...!herald!weyr!60.5!Tim.Radbourne Domain: Tim.Radbourne@p5.f60.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG Standard Disclaimers Apply...
rsnider@xrtll.uucp (Richard Snider) (12/29/90)
I am not sure who writes: > I am having problems with a small, two-node > installation (HAH...50 nodes > are no problem, be it 2.15 or 3.0!). I am in need of > suggestions/solution(s), so thanks in advance. Here's > the scenario: > > Server: 55SX w/2M RAM operating as non-dedicated, > w/WD8003E/A LAN card. > > Single node: 50 w/1M RAM, w/WD8003E/A LAN card. > > Neither system has any additional cards, etc....just "plain vanilla" (or > should I say "blue"?). Connected by thin ether. > > I have run the diagnostics for the cards...okay. > > I have run COMCHECK, after running IPX...okay. > > But when NET3 is run on the model 50, there's a delay, and then the > message that a file server is not found is given. > > I am going to try a different LAN card tomorrow (Excelan) and see if > that will work, but then I'm out of ideas! You should try hooking the workstation to a known WORKING lan, or possibly hooking a known working workstation to your lan. This should quickly isolate which part is at fault. Here is a long shot for you (But it happened to me). Western Digital ships its WD8003 type cards from both the US and Peruto-Rico (sic?). Anyway, there is no phisical difference between the cards other that the chip revision is different. The whole problem here is that the driver supplied for the US cards will not work on the PR cards. The diagnostics USUALLY will. Check your cards and your driver disks, and be sure to generate your netware shell for the workstation from the disks that came with it. The disks are marked exactly the same for either card but the code lengths of the drivers are different. Even the part numbers on the disks are the SAME. This problem drove me wild for over a Week when I recived over 60 cards for a network and generated the shell for all of them from one of the disks in the packages. About 20 odd cards refused to work, and only after I re-generated the netware shell about 10 times from different disks in fits of frustration did the problem suddenly go away. It only took me 2 hours after that to figure out what was different. Good luck. ....Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where: ..uunet!mnetor!yunexus!xrtll!rsnider Also: rsnider@xrtll An unbreakable tool is useful for breaking other tools.