Re: My token ring network croaked

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David !

Look for a bad NIC card although usually (from our experience) once it starts it
doesn't stop. You might want to look for a PC that is not regularly used (i.e.
one that got turned on when the problem started and then off and not used for a
few days OR a share one OR someone off sick or on vacation since the problem...

Chuck

Taylor Enterprises wrote:

> Help!
>
> We have an AS400 S-10 as a database server for a token ring network of 14
> PCs, some of which are Windows 95 and some are WFW 3.11.  The Windows 95
> machines run CA95; the WFW 3.11 machines are on CA Enhanced for DOS with
> Rumba; all machines also run Microsoft Network.  I have a variety of token
> ring cards.
>
> Tuesday afternoon, one of our PC users reported to me that her PC had
> frozen in an AS400 session.  Rebooting it (using the reset button - the
> keyboard buffer was full, so the three finger salute wouldn't work) would
> not load LAN support and when it went looking for the router, it began
> beaconing.  Within five minutes, everyone who was in an AS400 session
> reported their systems down, and no one could log back on to the network.
>
> IBM said it was a cabling network.  When we called the cabling contractor,
> they came in and found that the AS400 had de-inserted itself from the ring.
>  I did a PWRDWNSYS and IPL, which has gotten the system back.  My network
> is now running again, but I'm no further ahead as to what the problem could
> have been or, more importantly, how to fix it.  As near as I can figure out
> from the log, a PC upstream from the AS400 disconnected improperly, causing
> the AS400 token ring line to fail.
>
> Any assistance/insight (in non-technical terms, please) would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> TIA
> David Petrie
> Taylor Enterprises - Your First Choice in Association Management
>
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