Re: arcnet with concurrent dos o/s "Cluster Link" physical transmissions errors

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:00:44PM -0500, Keith Critchlow wrote:
> I am using a star topology arcnet network, with active acrent
> hubs using cat5- rj-11 wiring, I have a 30 node network runing in a 
> concurrent dos operating system called clusterlink. Since adding the last 5 
> nodes, i get "Physical transmission erros" throught my netowork on the local 
> pc's.
> after restatring the software locally, no more problems until
> the next time, I'm getting them 2 to 4 times a day.All of my arcnet cards 
> have smc chips on them and are no more than one year old, they all have 
> termination jumpers on the cards,they are all terminated.
 
> any thoughts????????????

I fail to understand why you ask this on the NetBSD/amga

Check http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/info5/system/arcnet.html for the
restrictions on network topology and network segment length.


Regards,
        -is