MAC clients loose connection on a 3.12 file server

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2 total messages Started by Pascalis Pascalidis Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00

#36

Author: Pascalis Pascalidis
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00

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Hello,

I have a problem on a network.

There is a HP file server, three pc's clients and three
macintosh clients.

The problem is when the file server comes up then the
macintosh clients loose connection between them, but not
with the file server.

Only when the file server is down and then we turn on the
mac's the connection between them is well established.
After this if we turn on the file server and after a while,
suddently the mac's loose the connection.

The pc's besides, act normally.

Looking forward to your prompt reply and thank you in
advance.


Pascalis Pascalidis CNE (pasc@hyper.gr)
Network Technician


Organization
ACCESS Computing S.A. (access@hyper.gr)
Thessaloniki, Greece, GR54643
tel. 3031-861313
fax. 3031-822794

Re: MAC clients loose connection on a 3.12 file server

#35

Author: Roger Kresge
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00

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Pascalis Pascalidis <pasc@hyper.gr> wrote:

>Hello,

>I have a problem on a network.

>There is a HP file server, three pc's clients and three
>macintosh clients.

>The problem is when the file server comes up then the
>macintosh clients loose connection between them, but not
>with the file server.

>Only when the file server is down and then we turn on the
>mac's the connection between them is well established.
>After this if we turn on the file server and after a while,
>suddently the mac's loose the connection.

>The pc's besides, act normally.

I can't be absolutely certain from your description of the problem,
but it sounds like the Macs are configured with the default settings
for the network number and zone name, and the NetWare for Macintosh
doesn't agree with it -- probably configured as a "seed" router.  One
way to confirm that would be to shut down the Macs (including any
Appletalk printers), bring up the NetWare server, and then restart the
Macs after the NetWare server is back up.  That way the Macs will get
their network number and zone information from the NetWare server, and
everything will be hunky-dory.  If everything is stable after that
process, you need to either leave the NetWare server up all the time,
or reconfigure it so it accepts Appletalk network information from the
network -- in other words, configure as a "non-seed" router.

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