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From: larry@wiley.UUCP (Larry Gouger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Apple Ethernet Card Problem.
Message-ID: <1969@wiley.UUCP>
Date: 4 Mar 88 02:36:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
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Keywords: Ethernet Apple TCP IP EtherTalk

I have been having real problems with the Apple Ethernet Card.

I use it in the following setup:
	Macintosh II (obviously), 2M, 40M hard disk
	System: 4.2, Finder: 6.0
	EtherNet Driver: EtherTalk v1.0
	Network Version 1.0

The Problem and its been a big one for me has been using the EtherNet
Card to do TCP/IP using NCSA Telnet 2.1e.  The symptoms of the problem
are the following: I am usually able to startup Telnet and make a
connection with a machine.  After a while the program goes into
Super Slow Motion (Trademark ABC ?); and all communication with the
connected hosts is hung.  I can exit the program using
command keys but it takes a while for there to be any responce.
The problem seems to be related to the network activity; the busier
the network, the bigger the problem.

I wrote a message to Gaige B. Paulsen about the problem to following is
his responce:

>To: <larry@wiley.uucp>
>Subject: Re: telnet2.1e bugreport
>From: Gaige B. Paulsen <gaige@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
>
>I have had a LOT of trouble with my Apple EtherTalk card as well.  I would
>suggest one simple test to check the hardware.  First, set your network
>to Local, then reboot your Mac II.  Run some other (non-Telnet) software and
>see how the machine works.  It has been my experience (and it has been reported
>by some others), that the EtherTalk card has a problem on busy networks which
>will cause it to slow down and/or crash the machine.  If this is NOT the case
>with yours, please send me a response, as I am always willing to find and 
>remove bugs from the code.
>
>Incidently, the EtherTalk version works just fine with the Kinetics cards and
>the SCSI box.
>
>Thanks very much!
>Gaige 

I have had no trouble running AppleTalk applications that use the Local
network.  I routinely run Tops while I have the network configured in
Local mode.  While the network is in EtherTalk mode all I run is NCSA
Telnet.

If anyone has had similar experiences please let me know.  If any one
knows how to correct the behavior I am experiencing definitely let me
know.


-larry.			Larry Gouger  TRW Inc., CoyoteWorks
			R2/2156, Redondo Beach, CA
			(213) 812-2751
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