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Article #240Re: Networking Problem
From: Anwar Mohammed
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 06:33
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 06:33
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Thanks for all your suggestions, folks. Unfortunately, I'd considered most possibilities in the two days I was tearing out my hair. It turned out to be a faulty cable. ARGGHHH. In any case, everything is A-OK. In article <1992Jul24.194800.7589@fnbc.com> lemson@fnbc.com writes: >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. >-- >David Lemson (312) 732-4741 >FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time) >E-mail to: lemson@fnbc.com NeXTMail accepted -- Anwar Mohammed Graduate Student anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) School of Computer Science Voice: +1 412 268 3043 Carnegie-Mellon University Fax: +1 412 681 5739 Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!anwar From: anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar Mohammed) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Networking Problem Message-ID: <1992Jul26.063300.11492@cs.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Jul 92 06:33:00 GMT Article-I.D.: cs.1992Jul26.063300.11492 References: <1992Jul23.052741.77142@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Jul24.194800.7589@fnbc.com> Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Lines: 61 Nntp-Posting-Host: f.gp.cs.cmu.edu