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From: GRANTS.MARTIN@chip.uchicago (Martin Starr)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Thoughts on AppleTalk
Message-ID: <8712211913.AA00857@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 21 Dec 87 16:36:11 GMT
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Subject: PHONENET CHECKNET
Sender: GRANTS.JEFF@CHIP.UChicago
To: cracraft@ucbvax.berkeley.edu


You should give this product a try to test your AppleTalk network. Before we
had it, our network (consisting of 19 Mac Pluses, 2 Imagewriters, 1
Laserwriter, a shared hard disk) was prone to break down due to minor
disconnections, sometimes not even visible. The only way I had to check out
 the
connections was to go from machine to machine and physically unconnect and
reconnect each device, keeping track of what net resources it could access.

Checknet is a DA that comes with an init that forces each Plus to register
its name on the network at signon time, as the printers do automatically. You
run Checknet after turning on all the devices and see which ones show up. If
 it
is really messed up, you can go from machine to machine with it and repeat
 the
process; the device list can be saved and used in Excel.

I am very happy with it, and our network is (knock on wood) is running
smoothly. We use AppleShare 1.1. for file sharing and LaserWriter 5.0 and
Imagewriter 2.6 for printing. I have no connection with Farallon Computing,
 the
manufacturer of Checknet.

Martin Starr (312/702-9260)
University of Chicago/Office of Research Administration
(grants.martin@chip.uchicago)

"If it's not broken, don't tell anyone when you fix it!"
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