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- Number: A1TH083190U534
- Subject: Bridging Servers - Error "Server not responding"
- Date: January 23, 1991
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- PROBLEM: Two file servers that were bridged together internally each
- had three network cards. The watchdog timer was kicking the
- idle workstations off the network after fifteen minutes. It
- would also kick the workstations off file server 1. When
- trying to attach to file server 2 through the internal
- bridge, the system would hang with the error SERVER NOT
- RESPONDING.
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- SOLUTION: In most cases these problems are caused by network address
- conflicts (LAN or card), cabling, or card problems. In this
- particular case, file server 1 had network addresses 2, 3,
- and 4 respectively and file server 2 had network addresses
- 2, 3, and 4. The file servers were connected through LAN A,
- card address of 2 on both file servers. On LANs B and C,
- the cards, addressed 3 and 4 on each file server, were going
- to workstations.
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- NOTE: THERE WERE NO ROUTER CONFIGURATION ERRORS
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- COMMENTS: The router configuration errors will only be seen if two
- or more cards on the same LAN are claiming to have different
- LAN addresses. The router tables are very simple top down
- format and the file server will send the packet out the
- first LAN that matches. This is why you get kicked off.
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- (X) This information was verified by Engineering.
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