Dennis, Chris, Christian, Keven, et al:
I am convinced that I have some kind of intermittent hardware problem. For
no apparent reason, the 918 is talking to the LAN again. I had reseated the
SCSI/console/lan card, restarted the 918, and still could not ping or
connect to it. A few minutes later, a spool file started printing on the
networked printer, I can ping the 918, and the 918 can ping other devices
on the LAN, even though I had done nothing after restarting the system.
It's got to be some hardware problem somewhere.
Thanks again to all for their quick responses.
At 11:19 AM 3/24/2003 -0500, Dennis Hassell wrote:
>Don't forget the basics - connector or cable damage - disconnect both
>ends of the thinlan and test for short circuit. Then short circuit one
>end and test the other end to see if there is continuity (it should show
>sorted at the other end. It's a quick test that at least eliminates the
>cable and connectors from suspicion. Along with software settings, cable
>and connector faults rank high in the mysterious causes of failures
>category.
>
>Dennis Hassell
>Dennis Hassell and Associates
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Tom Brandt
>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:41 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [HP3000-L] Help: Can't connect to HP918 via LAN
>
>
>I've had no troubles at all with the LAN connection to my 918 until this
>morning, when I was unable to connect to it via telnet or VT. I was not
>able to ping the 918 from anywhere on the LAN.
>
>I stopped and restarted the network on the HP and even rebooted the HP.
>No error messages were displayed when the network was coming up,
>everything appeared perfectly normal. But, I still cannot to it with
>telnet or VT, nor can I ping it. I cannot ping anything on the LAN from
>the HP either.
>
>The HP is connected to the LAN through a thinLAN connector to a hub.
>I've cycled the hub power. The connection lights are on.
>
>The HP is a 918 running 6.0 pp2.
>
>Any help with diagnosing and fixing this problem is greatly appreciated.
>
>--------------------------------
>Tom Brandt
>Northtech Systems, Inc.
>130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
>Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
>http://www.northtech.com/
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Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
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