On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 09:05:38 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >On Saturday, August 7, 2004, at 02:40 AM, Neil Hughes wrote: >> >> I'm late to this thread, but I just wanted to point out that I have >> almost exactly the same issues here with a B&W running OS 9.2.2 - the >> OS >> X machines will lose the connection if they're not doing anything with >> it >> after about 5 minutes. If the OS X machines are booted into OS 9.2.2 or >> the B&W booted into OS 8.6 then the connection is rock solid. > >Are the OS X systems set to go to sleep? >
Yes, but the problem still happens when I'm sitting at one of the OS X machines using it while it's connected to a shared drive on the OS 9.2.2 computer. If I'm not actively using the connection to the latter, e.g. copying a big file, and 5 or so minutes go by I suddenly get disconnected. I tend to copy AppleWorks documents to the local drive and work on them there before copying them back because AW throws its toys out of the pram when it finds the network has disappeared and just crashes. If I've also got shared folders via SMB to my Windows PC, or a UAM share to the NT Server they always remain working. If it wasn't for the fact that I need OS 9.2.2 for quite a few applications (Retrospect, Toast, Freeway - it's a workstation-come- fileserver) and the fact that shared drives are limited to 2GB I'd think about going back to 8.6 on the B&W. Something else I discovered this week is that the transfer speed is much slower with 9.2.2 than 8.6, so clearly something's up. I've just got into the habit of connecting when I need to and the files tend to be small documents most of the time so transfer speed's not so important. Neil -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
