cpw%sneezy@LANL.GOV (C. Philip Wood) (12/15/88)
Ever since new software was loaded on our MILNET Node '90' (BBN C-30) December 3rd? we have been suffering from an inordinate amount of lost "Rifnums" or to put it more succinctly Requests For New Messages from our IMP. The high-level symptom is loss of connectivity. Currently, the only solution is to call DCA and have them reset the IMP. Does anyone know if this is a problem with the new software? A problem with 4.3BSD UNIX imp/acc drivers? A simple configuration problem? OR WHAT! Facts: VAX-11/785 26.0.0.90 ACC LH-DH/11 SN: 270, REV: C.4 ACC Cable (200') BBN C30, PSN 7.0, Node: 90, Port: 0 Note the absence of an ECU.
ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) (12/16/88)
Those are RFNM's (Ready for Next Message).
cpw%sneezy@LANL.GOV (C. Philip Wood) (12/16/88)
At 12:30 this afternoon I put a new vmunix with the imp stuff from ucbarpa.berkeley.edu/4.3/imp.tar. I have not had an observable problem since then. But, it's early yet. Of course the message about lost rfnms has been removed from if_imp.c. So, I'll have to rely on other symptoms, or lack of. Phil Wood, cpw@lanl.gov