12-18-1997,Vincent Danen wrote to Michael Rowley:
VD> Are you using the peer networking?  I'm having some serious 
VD> problems... I did it thru the actual install program, and 
VD> it works half the time and doesn't work the other half...
VD> 
VD> I've networked a pentium166 with a compaq386, both running 
VD> Warp4.  The compaq complains about failed sessions, but 
VD> doesn't say why.  The p166 says the same thing, but says my 
VD> user ID is too long and I can't partake of network 
VD> messaging...  strange thing is, the user ID is "SH2".  And 
VD> on the compaq, the user ID is "SH1" but doesn't give the 
VD> same error.
VD> 
VD> It *did* work, at one point, then I started sharing 
VD> drives/printers/etc. and that worked for a bit and then it 
VD> all of a sudden broke on me and I have no idea why...
VD> 
VD> Have you ever seen or experienced this problem?  Has 
VD> anyone?  It's really frustrating simply because I know that 
VD> it *did* used to to work and now it doesn't, and I haven't 
VD> got a clue why... =(
VD> 
I have had periodic problems of this type, mainly with shared
printers.  Most of the problems disappeared with FP1, more with FP5.  I
also installed the MPTS fixes - wr08421 is the latest, but be SURE you
get the converged stack version.
One trick that also helped, at least for a while was this:  
Open the Connections folder in tree view.  Expand the Network tree. 
Expand but the File and Print Client Browser tree - DO NOT OPEN THE
ICON VIEW.  From the tree view, drag all the client icons to the
shredder.  Run CHECKINI and clear all the crap out - delete the missing
folders, etc.  It's a long process!  I've also tried UNIMAINT, but it
skips network related errors so a lot gets missed.
Immediately shut down and re-boot.  That usually got my systems back
in sync.  There seemed to be something confused in these folders.  I
might mention that adding and deleting Peer stations and hardware
causes some wierd stuff to happen.  If, for example, you replace a
CDROM, be sure you remove it from the share list before you pull it
out.  My system hangs if I forget then try to delete a share for a
non-existant device.
Will Honea
whonea@codenet.net
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