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In article <1992Jul23.052741.77142@cs.cmu.edu> anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar  
Mohammed) writes:
> 
> I have the following problem getting a two station netinfo
> network going:
> 
> 2> I then rewire (with the n&c server still on) to get the following  
configuration
> and power on the second machine:
> 
>         T----C--------------------------C----T
>              |                          |
>              |                          |
>              N                          N
> 
>         T:  50 ohm thin ethernet terminator
>         C:  ethernet "T" connector
>         N:  NeXT machine
> 
> 
> 
> This works fine, but obviously, I shouldn't have to rewire the thing.
> 
> I should be able to use the following configuration, boot up the server,
> then boot up the client:
> 
>         T----C--------------------------C----T
>              |                          |
>              |                          |
>              N  (netinfo server)        N (netinfo client)
> 
>         T:  50 ohm thin ethernet terminator
>         C:  ethernet "T" connector
>         N:  NeXT machine
> 
> However, when I turn on the server, I get a "cannot find parent server"  
message.

These two look the same to me- I must be missing something.

Anyhow, did you wait a while for the server to find itself?  See  
NextAnswers netinfo.515.
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