I am trying to help the local "small town" library. They've been
"helped" by the experts out of quite a bit of money. I put together
machines and sell them, run a BBS for 6 years, etc...
Here's the notes I've made to date. I'm also very new to networking. It
seems 1 machine destroys the printer buffer in the server. I don't know
why. I've decided I'll start changing out the networking cards and see
if it's the hardware. Please let me know if I'm WAY OFF BASE! :)
Setup:  1 server unit, 5 others running. All set to print to the same
        printer.
Problem:
        1 machine seems to "delete" the print que. Once this machine is
        used (un-successfully I might add) no other machines are able
        to locate the print que.
Facts:
        All machines will work properly until I bring up the one
        that works in dos mode only.
        I've got it temporarily hooked to a separate printer altogether
        because I thought it simply knocked the others out of a print
        que when attempting to print to that que. However, I find that
        this machine STILL kills the print que although it does not
        point to the printer on the server.
Things differant on this machine:
        This machine has the "net use d:\\server1\uni-lab command in
        the connect.bat file. I'm sure this wouldn't cause the
        printer any grief though.
Determination:
        Have finally decided the problem MUST be a hardware problem.
        Either the IDE Card, or the network card.
Any ideas?
Highest Regards,
Rodney
RCR Computing
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