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dwyerpg@melbpc.org.au (Peter Dwyer) wrote:

>We are running about 300 devices on a couple of Token Ring segments (4MB and 
>16MB). The hosts include NetWare 3.12 Servers, Unix hosts, OS2 Lan Manager 
>Servers and Win NT servers.

>The 4mb ring is fairly over-crowded (a situation which we are moving to 
>alleviate). Every now and then the 4mb ring beacons and it can take hours to 
>find the offending device. It can ve caused by a loose connection, some idiot 
>plugging workstation with a 16mb NIC into the 4mb ring etc etc..... The 
>downtime is getting rather costly for the company!

{snip}

>Can anyone out there suggest their preferred solution? Of course, capital 
>expenditure is always an issue so if there's a $200,000 solution, I might like 
>it but my Boss will just laugh at me.

>All suggestions welcome.

>Peter Dwyer
>Continuum, Australia

I've had good luck with the HP Network Advisor (depending on
configuration +/- $30,000 U.S.)  It's a good mix between GUI ease of
use,  fault-finding and good decodes.  But, to tell you the truth,  in
an un-managed environment the best analyz(s)er on the planet can't
help you much if you don't know most of your ws's MAC addresses...


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