Re: [MAGNet] Status of G4 network problem?

From: Ian Crew (icrew@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 19:18:32 PDT

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    David-

    See the note sent by my colleague Aron Roberts to the MAGNet and
    Micronet lists last Thursday, entitled "Resolving 'dropped Ethernet
    connections' problems on new Macs". This has everything you need to
    know.....

    Ian

    P.S. If you don't have that message still, it's archived on the web
    at http://ls.berkeley.edu/mail/magnet/0035.html

    >Last January there was a flurry of posts to this list about problems
    >the new G4's were having on the network. The problem was one of loss
    >of connectivity, requiring a reboot at the least and a few swift kicks
    >for a more satisfying fix. I-Books's were thought to be affected,
    >OS 9 was mentioned as a possible cause, PCI NIC's were said to be
    >helpful, and so on.
    >
    >Was this situation ever traced to its root cause(s)? A professor
    >contemplating purchase of a G4 would like to know if he's asking for
    >trouble. I mean, just looking at *me* the wrong way is asking for
    >trouble these days, and no one wants to add to their difficulties by
    >buying a problem right out of the box.
    >
    >Any updates to January's situation would be very much appreciated.
    >
    >Thanks.
    >
    >
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