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From: billy@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: RE: Packet Drivers and Dos 4.01
Message-ID: <28881.26945cd6@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 6 Jul 90 09:41:42 GMT
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In article <9007051613.aa10302@louie.udel.edu>, ASLEEMAN@WAIKATO.AC.NZ writes:
>>From:	IN%"mcsun!ukc!mucs!m1.cs.man.ac.uk@uunet.uu.net"  "Aidan Loyns"  6-JUL-1990 06:20:58.28
>>
>>I have a 20MHz 386 running DOS 4.01 fitted with a 3C501 card.
>>Using Sun's PC-NFS produces the results I expect; however, when I try to
>>use any code using the packet driver (V6), the machine randomly hangs.
>>I've tried different ethernet cards (ne1000), but again packet driver
>>software hangs.
> 
> Hold the reformatting of your hard disk for a moment. I believe the problem 
> is more likely to be with the packet driver interface for pcnfs. 
>
Let me share a problem that has been plaguing people in my department which
may or may not be related.  All of a sudden people on my network started
having their PCs lock up when they left for a while.  All of the people
were using Version 6 of the packet drivers to access Netware286 or Netware
386 and running DOS 4.01 (NI5210 and NE1000 cards).  The only things I 
remember happening around that time was a couple of weeks before a server was 
upgraded to 386 and we upgraded to V6 packet drivers.  

Downgrading the packet drivers fixed most people's problems.  I happen to be
the most noticeable exception.  I've tried different versions of the NI5210
packet driver from V2 to V6 and taking out all of my TSRs.  It still locks
up sometimes.  The problem is intermittant though (My PC was on for the last
3 days while I was gone and it was still going strong today).

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