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. -- -- - - - Speaking for myself and not necessarily anybody else - - - - - - Richard Gambrell | Internet: [log in to unmask] Mgr. Tech. Services | POT: 504-483-7454 FAX: 504-482-1561 Xavier University of LA | Smail: 7325 Palmetto, New Orleans, LA 70125