All addresses static.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "KENT WALLACE" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] STRANGE NPCONFIG BEHAVIOUR


> Dynamic IP address allocation?  Check the IP address of the device to
> see if it has changed.
>
> Kent Wallace
> Boise Id
>
> >>> John Pitman <[log in to unmask]> 12/11/03 07:22PM >>>
> wE HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING SET UP RUNNING FOR SOME TIME NOW:-
>
> both mpe 7.01 and 7.5
> ldev x configured in sysgen as a networked printer
> npconfig contains an entry for it with a non existent ip address
> device is spooled, suspended.
> Users send printout to this device, we have a program that finds the
> spoolfiles, ftps them to a pc directory based on user .account, removes
> from
> out.hpspool .
> Users have an ftp browser that locates the files, they download, put
> them in
> XL etc.
> Suddenly today, after 6 months of happy operation, get console
> messages
> saying spooler stopped on device because it has an error from it. When
> we
> try to startspool and suspendspool it, the system is too quick and we
> dont
> get time to suspend it before it gets errors and stops it again.
> Can fix it by providing an ip address that exists, but why did it
> suddenly
> change behaviour today. Happening on 2 928lx systems, which dont have
> any
> DTCs.
>
> ??
>
> John Pitman
>
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