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Babu · 05-07-2007, 05:32

Hello,

We have a small network at work. We have a machine running Unix which provides our stock control and accounting, a machine running Netware which is our main file server and we have a separate machine that is our mail server and database server.

We have anumber of wireless clients and wired clients connecting to all three of these machines through a router and various switches/hubs and 1 cable changer that connects cat5 to old coax ethernet.

After the storms in London on Tuesday, we cannot connect or even ping the machine running Unix; nor can that machine ping anything else on the network apart from a standalone print server. Everything except this print server is either wireless or cat5 wired. The printer server is connected with old 10Mb coax cable.

What could cause this? More to the point, what do we do about it?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Regards,

Babu.

05-07-2007, 05:32	#1
Babu Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Berkshire Services: Sky TV BT Fibre Broadband Posts: 56	Strange problem Hello, We have a small network at work. We have a machine running Unix which provides our stock control and accounting, a machine running Netware which is our main file server and we have a separate machine that is our mail server and database server. We have anumber of wireless clients and wired clients connecting to all three of these machines through a router and various switches/hubs and 1 cable changer that connects cat5 to old coax ethernet. After the storms in London on Tuesday, we cannot connect or even ping the machine running Unix; nor can that machine ping anything else on the network apart from a standalone print server. Everything except this print server is either wireless or cat5 wired. The printer server is connected with old 10Mb coax cable. What could cause this? More to the point, what do we do about it? Any thoughts appreciated. Regards, Babu.