Hi 3000ers
Attached is a message I received from the good folks at LaNet, our Internet
provider and manager of the Louisiana state network. The recent discussions
of HP sales and support suggest that HP is going downhill, but it seems to
me they are just following the crowd and still stand above it (even if only
by a little). I don't think HP would put users through something like the
following and in any case would have come up with a quick patch, whereas
this has been going on for 5 days and only today has Wellfleet even figured out a
the (apparently) correct workaround.
 
>
> The recent SNA problems that many of you have been experiencing were the result
> of setting the date backwards on all of the backbone routers. This was done due
> to a coding bug that would not allow the routers to  accept December of 1995 as
> a valid date. Yes it does seem like a elementary problem but looks can be
> deceiving . The date reset resulted in loss of synchronization for IP
> encapsulation. Hence the problems.
>
> Again we apologize for any inconvenience experienced.
>
> Further conversations with Wellfleet indicate that the date should have been
> set forward, not backward as previously suggested. We strongly recommend that
> subscribers that route/bridge SNA traffic across LaNet use caution when/if they
> reset the date on their routers.
>
>
> Contact us if you have questions.
>
> Michael Kling
> LaNet NOC
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> Michael Kling
> State of Louisiana              Voice: (504) 342-4864
> OTM / LANET                     FAX:   (504) 342-4867
> P.O. Box 94280                  Email:  [log in to unmask]
> Baton Rouge, LA  70804-9280
>
 
Cheers,
r.g.
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