Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!DSUNX1.DSRD.ORNL.GOV!wnn From: wnn@DSUNX1.DSRD.ORNL.GOV (W. N. Naegeli) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: AppleTalk analyzer... Message-ID: <8809262240.AA00294@dsunx1> Date: 26 Sep 88 22:40:59 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 13 We have had problems with Macs freezing up too. We have only 6 Macs, 4 PCs, and 3 LaserWriters on this LocalTalk cable, connected through a KFPS-3 to Ethernet and other LocalTalk cables. I suspected that the freezes were caused by noise, reflections, or possibly attenuation on the PhoneNet, which was not properly installed. We also had problems with a noisy NEC LC-890 SilentWriter. Since we have corrected the wiring problems and are more catious about connection the SilentWriter to the network, we have not had reports of freeze ups on the Macs, though some PCs have had problems which appear to have been caused by InBox PC, the net mail program from Symantec. InterPoll is not a diagnostic package. It simply lists all the nodes and even sockets on the network, even accross KFPSs, and if you install the Responder in the System Folder of a Mac, InterPoll can remotely determine the version number of the System, Finder, LaserWriter driver, etc.