Hi Peter,  on the attached drawing it shows where the terminators were
located.

I am sure that I have no duplicate addresses, but both HP3000 have the same
proxy address of 192.168.1.1.  Could that
be the cause of the problem?

Jean
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Chong <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Anti-social talk between the HP3000's , the Hub and
theInternet,why?


> Hi, Jean
>
> 1. Have you check with terminator?
> Terminator has to be connect both end on 10 base-2 BNC(British) connector
> It absorbed SWR(I forgot abbrev) signal between coax-cable.
> If signal is weak connect repeater(clean the signal) between 10 base-2
cable.
>
> 2. Have you check duplication on IP address on each clients?
> Some time duplicate IP address can be cause connection lost, in TCP/IP
protocol.
>
> Cheers
> Peter C.
>
> SR. ERP/MRP Analyst
>
> >>> jean huot <[log in to unmask]> 11/04 9:10 AM >>>
> Included is a diagram of the present network configuration.  The T`s
represent termination connectors.  The Internet is connected to a separate
Ethernet card on the Linux
> box.
>
> When I connect the Linux to the Collection or Consumer system
(seperately), I get full telnet access to the HP3000 and the internet.
>
> When I connect both HP3000`s together, I lose the connection to the Linux
box.
>
>
> P.S.  Only the end users at the bottom have RJ-45 connections, the rest is
all BNC type connectors.
>
> Any Guru in networking explain to me what I am doing wrong.
>
> Thank you
> Jean Huot
> Northern Credit Bureaus Inc.
> (819) 762-4351
>
>
>