On Apr 11, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Dan wrote:
> > At 3:52 PM +1000 4/11/2009, Brian Christmas wrote: >> >> To ensure that the HP printer was causing the problem we re-installed >> it on AppleTalk. Sure enough the server access slowed down again. >> >> Un-installed printer - still slow >> Turned off AppleTalk - still slow >> Re-booted - still slow. > > What else is running AppleTalk? > > What other traffic is on that LAN? Oh my, that dredges up horrible memories of the days when we were routing Appletalk (Ethertalk) across campus. Whenever they had to work on the routers, we had to run around and shut down every Appletalk device, because the first device to wake up on an Appletalk network is the network master, and seeds the network ID's for the rest of the devices. We had to make sure the router was the first device to wake up or face endless slowdowns and the router wouldn't route until we tracked down the rogue Mac Plus or Laser<bleeping>Writer that had woken up first and said, in their finest Al Haig impression, "I'm in charge here!", turned it off, broke the fingers of the user who had ignored the sysadmin's orders, and rebooted the router....again. This fun routine made Macs EVER so popular. The MOMENT that Appletalk over TCP/IP worked, we stopped routing Ethertalk, and cheers erupted all across campus. I think we had a New Year's-like countdown for the router update. :-) It might be possible you've got something like that going on. Shut down everything that speaks Appletalk, and if you have a server or router that's speaking 'Appletalk', make sure it's the *first* device like that your turn on; otherwise just find the fastest Mac speaking Appletalk in the network and make sure it's first. There's a nifty application called Trawler (or Trawl, I forget, this was the mid 90's) that will diagram and identify devices on Appletalk networks, but it's been a dogs age since I've seen it in the wild. Possibly the Wayback Machine may be harboring a copy... -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
