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From: ramsey@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU (Ed Ramsey)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: PCNFS causes long pauses
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.155533.22533@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU>
Date: 27 Feb 91 15:55:33 GMT
Organization: The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System, Purdue University
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I have had users starting to complain about long (10-20 sec)
pauses during any type of PC/NFS activity.  We have 15 pcs using
a sparcstation 1+ as a server, and when they telnet to our server
to run mail or news they encounter unpredictable pauses during
their telnet session.

I haven't been able to pin this down much closer, other than to
note that every time there is a pause the "blip" stays on,
indicating (I think) that there is a "hung" network call on the
pc side.  I have never had any pauses or problems on the server,
which I use as a workstation.

Any suggestions as to what the problem might be would be
appreciated.

-Ed

Ed Ramsey   ramsey@npirs.purdue.edu     317/494-6616    fax 317/494-0535
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