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- Number: A2TH071890U158
- Subject: GPI on 386 Server Bridged to Macintosh
- Date: August 1, 1990
- OS Version: 386
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- GENERAL
- INFORMATION: We had a customer running NetWare v3.0 on a model 80 with
- Token-Ring LAN boards. He attempted to attach Macs to the
- server through a nondedicated bridge. The bridge was a
- model 30-286 with 2 Token-Ring adapters and 1 NL1000 board.
- Every time he would attempt to load the VAPs at the bridge,
- he would get a GPI at the file server.
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- We went through all the standard Mac trouble shooting steps,
- such as reloading the VAPs, deleting and reinstalling the
- VAPs with MACSETUP, checking the bridge hardware and memory,
- and regenerating the BRIDGE.EXE. We were down to changing
- the bridge machine to something else or sending out new
- VAPs that we know work when the customer said that he was
- running the CONFIX patch at the file server. He then said
- that he recently downloaded the new CONFX2 patch and
- replaced the old CONFIX patch with the new CONFX2 patch.
- After changing the patch at the file server and loading the
- VAPs on the bridge, the GPI did not happen again.
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- We came to two conclusions:
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- 1. In the 386 environment, GPIs can come from anywhere in
- the network.
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- 2. Start checking for other patches that may be causing
- problems as part of your trouble shooting steps.
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- (X) This information was verified verbally.
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