nagging problem

[Glenn R. Stone]

In <1990Sep11.203107.13183 at cs.columbia.edu> sen at cs.columbia.edu (Soumitra Sengupta) writes:

>One problem with our RS/6000 Model 530 on a Token-Ring is that the 
>communication system hangs once in a while. The system accepts no 
>pings, telnets, etc, and interestingly, gets cleared when a telnet
>to itself is issued on its console monitor. The problem occurs
>too often to be a major irritant and cannot be used in production
>environment. SE has opened a number in a database someplace. Any 
>comments? 


Yeah, I'll bite.  We've had the same problem with all our 6000's....
only this time it's the ethernet interface (en0), not the token
ring interface.... I haven't tried telnetting to myself on the
console to clear the problem, but the symptoms are all too 
familiar.....

It hasn't been bad enough yet to warrant major screaming, but it
shouldn't happen.....

Glenn R. Stone (gs26 at prism.gatech.edu, glenns at eas.gatech.edu)
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30318 USA
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I don't speak for Tech; I wouldn't think of letting them speak for me.