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From: kieffer@UCNET.UCALGARY.CA (Rom Kieffer, TransCanada PipeLines)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Macs on Network freezing momentarily
Message-ID: <901030172229.00o@ucnet.ucalgary.ca>
Date: 31 Oct 90 00:22:28 GMT
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>  
> We are now experiencing the follwoing problem:
>     Rather consistently (every minute or so), Macs connected to either
> network will freeze up momentarily, where all activity (mouse movement,
> keystrokes, etc.) will go ignored.  After 2-3 seconds, the machine will
> come alive again, and any entered keystrokes will show up.
>  
you don't mention whether the behaviour is application specific, whether it
is related to servers, hosts, etc. Maybe if you can supply more information
a reader will be able to help.

I am experiencing similar problems with Pacer connections via localtalk 
through a router onto ethertalk to VAX systems. typically users type into an
editor and see a considerable echo delay for every character, or sending files
to the Mac for display, grinds to a halt until any character on the keyboard is
hit. (duplicate node numbers etc have been ruled out.)
The network is not excessively busy, and it gets worse when the Mac is
directly connected to the ethernet. ( I can understand some of the delay on
the ethernet because of the router used would be the last one Pacer heard 
about).
Does anyone out there have experience with this behaviour?

 rom