Re: Token Ring Horrors

My understanding is that the 8228s use STP and you shouldn't mix shielded
with unshielded.  When we moved, I got rid of the ICS for cat5 and replaced
all of my 8228s with one 8230 and whatever model of passive hubs that go
with it.  This is all UTP and I was told not to mix it also.

PS. Anyone in need of 8228s or LWSs?

At 02:20 PM 6/9/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>We have a token ring network (16 mb/s) with our AS/400 and about 40 PCs
>connected to it.  The MAUS are IBM 8228s, and we run a combination of
>UTP and STP cables.  
>
>Recently, we have been experiencing a great deal of congestion,
>beaconing, and overall havoc on the network.  It got so bad that we had
>to re-ipl the AS/400!  
>
>Now the question:  What tools are available on the AS/400, short of
>buying a sniffer, which will help me check the health of our network. 
>We may have a bad MAU, because a majority of the PCs reporting problems
>are connected to the same MAU, but how do I check?  I have an Andrew 16
>Port UTP MAU ( which is supposed to be 8228 compatible) and the rest are
>8228s.  I believe my problems stem from the Andrew MAU, but without
>replacing it, I'm not sure.  
>
>Also, has anyone tried using two different brands of MAUs within the
>same ring?  I was told during my Novell training that one should never
>mix different MAUs, but I fail to see why.  Help!!!
>
>Thanks in advance!
>-- 
>Rushdi A. Ariss
>I. S. Manager
>C. A. Rasmussen, Inc.
>rasmu1@earthlink.net
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