[X4U] Direct ethernet beachball woes

[nk]

that sounds like a nice angle..that of not having the machines race for 
control.

I give that a twirl and report back on it. thanks!

nk



On Dec 9, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Philip J Robar wrote:

> This is what I'd recommend also. Turn both machines off. Then turn one 
> on and wait till it's finished starting, then turn the other on. That 
> way there's no potential for a race condition and conflicting network 
> addresses being chosen. Unless you're an experienced sys admin, and 
> even then, problems like this can be very difficult and time consuming 
> to track down. If restarting the both machines fixes the problem then 
> don't worry about what the problem was and be happy.
>
> Phil