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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!taco!news
- From: mike@ccnx1.cc.ncsu.edu (Mike McCue)
- Subject: Ethernet connections go stale
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.231807.1597@ncsu.edu>
- Keywords: ethernet network connection
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 23:18:07 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- Folks,
-
- I am at a loss... our 520 Powerstation running AIX 3.2 seems to go to sleep
- every now and then! If it's been a while (say, 3 hours or more) since the
- machine has been accessed in any way (either throught console login or
- otherwise) it becomes difficult to gain entry to the machine. Only the console
- entry seems unfazed. We are running XDM on the machine.
-
- Sometimes, if I'm not near the machine and can't provide the swift console
- kick, I telnet to a machine that happens to be on the same subnet (important?)
- and then telnet to the rs6000. I usually receive a response at that point.
- Only then can I telnet from elsewhere.
-
- The same thing happens with xdm - if I can't get a prompt using Hummingbird's
- eXceed from my pc, I telnet to the machine that's on the same subnet and "wake"
- up the rs6000. The xdm login then comes up without a hitch.
-
- Anyone else experience this odd behaviour? I'm rather new to the system, but
- I've tried every option I could find in SMIT and using SRC Master (sp?). Once
- entry is gained, there is absolutely no problem with the machine (other than
- mail, which I have not bothered with yet). It's just kind of embarrassing for
- people to call me and tell me the machine is down, while I quickly go around
- the proverbial elbow to get it started again. I haven't bothered compiling
- statistics on this; sorry for the vagueness.
-
- Thanks a bunch!
-
- - Mike McCue
- Mike_McCue@ncsu.edu
-