ABTSACS@UWLAX.BITNET (Dan Abts - UWL System/Network Manager) (02/01/90)
>From: FRED::WIECEK "Sophie L. Wiecek" 31-JAN-1990 16:11 >To: IN%"novell@suvm.pucc.princeton.edu",WIECEK >Subj: Intermittent network problem > >Hi all, I'm a networking novice with a wierd intermittent problem. > >Our setup: > Server - HP Vectra RS 20, 155 Mb ESDI drive, 4 Mb RAM > Netware 286 2.15 > Workstations - 40 286 HP ES/12. > >For NICs we use 3Com Etherlink II (3c501). In the server we also have >a Western Digital (WD8003) card, which is LAN B (20 more 286 workstations). >However we haven't had this second logical lan attached for a while. > >Problem: >It's been running fine for about a month. Last week when I was away, >users couldn't connect -- they got the "File Server not found" message >which usually means a break in the cabling. But by the time I got back, stuff deleted >Sophie Wiecek >Sr. Micro Consultant >the Wharton School - Univ of PA This may have been a typo but the 3com Etherlink II is a 3c503 and the 3com Etherlink I is 3c501. If you get these mixed up, you will have problems not finding servers. Dan Abts Academic Computing Services Univ. of WI - La Crosse ABTSACS@LAX.WISC.EDU ABTSACS@UWLAX.BITNET