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>The network is primarily coax (10b2) ...
>Both 
>machines are in the middle of the chain so hardware problems aren't 
>an issue.  

Don't be too sure.  Reflections can cause *really* strange problems.
I've had machines close to each other (i.e. seperated by a 6' piece of
10b2) been unable to talk to each other while they could both talk to
a machine 100' away.

  Bill


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