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From: chee77@jane.uh.edu (Fred Schulz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Laserwriter won't initialize with appletalk connected
Message-ID: <5677.25ea5439@jane.uh.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 90 16:19:36 GMT
Organization: U of Houston, Chemical Eng.
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We have an apple laserwriter which won't initialize when the appletalk
connector is plugged into it. If the connector is unplugged from the port, the
test page comes out. Then the connector can be plugged back in and everything
works fine.

It's an original laserwriter, which uses the db-9 connectors. We have two of
them, so I have swapped their appletalk connectors (farralon phonenet), but
nothing changes. The same laserwriter still will not initialize with the
connector plugged in, the other one will initialize using either connector.
                                                                           
Has anyone seen similar behavior?
Any suggestions?

On a related note, what software is available for network management, ie, to
determine which nodes are up, traffic count, etc. I'll summarize if there's 
sufficient interest.

Thanks,
-Fred