Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:47:21 EST
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
Comments:     Resent-From: Lewis M       <LEMHC@CUNYVM>
Comments:     Originally-From: Bryan Peterson <BWP@HEMONC1.MED.UTAH.EDU>
Comments:     Warning -- original Sender: tag was NOVELERR@SUVM.SYR.EDU
From:         Lewis M <LEMHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Reply->Eagle ethernet cards

Hi Bryan,

I ran into a similar situation twice,  once on a 10-Base-T Network {which was
posted to this list a while back} and once with Thinnet.  In the case of the
10BaseT Net, the problem was eventually traced to a batch of defective PS/2
Model 30's with Harddrives.  The problem got soooooooo bad we eventually
had to trade in the units for some perfectly working Zeniths, which ARE tested
with 10BaseT. (So much for Big Blue!?!).  The second occation was traced to
heavy wire traffic so we increased the timeouts for ipx/spx and decreased
the delay before the workstation sent the watchdog packets and it worked
fine, except in the case of people who leave there machine on overnight in
which case they are logged out by the SECURITY WATCHDOG due to time restriction
s.  It should also be noted that the system doesn't clearly define when a
forced logout takes place due to a Security Logout or a Watchdog logout so
you might want to check into both options just to be sure.  If memory serves
me correctly there is an NLM which indirectly controls the IPX/SPX parameters
at the server, while the workstation the shell.cfg parameters are used.
Getting the MSET.NLM doesn't hurt either.  Hope this helps..





Lewis Maximin
Technical Support Specialist      JESUS is my life
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Fellow networking folks,

     Has anyone had a bad experience with Eagle brand NE1000's and NE2000's?
I have recently upgraded my 2.15 server from Gateway's G/Net topology to thin
ethernet running NetWare 3.11.  I chose to use NE cards, but maybe this was
not such a shrewd decision.  Since installation, many users have been logged
out by the connection watchdog (i.e. as little as 10-20 minutes after login),
in spite of the fact that the watchdog is configured for the upper time
limits (17+ hours before logging out an `inactive' workstation).  I have
checked the thin coax several times and found no problems with the cables,
terminators, or conneters.  I would like to hear any comments on possible
causes if you have any suggestions.

     I hope someone out there has had a similar problem (with a solution).
If more information is needed, I would be glad to supply it.

Happy networking!



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| Hematology-Oncology Division        |
| University of Utah Medical Center   |
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