Failure symptom on a specific Ethernet segment On a specific Ethernet segment, nodes are not operating, or are hanging or freezing during operation. Disconnect the suspected Ethernet segment from its original repeater or wiring hub port and connect it to another repeater or wiring hub port. Retest the internetwork. Is the failure symptom gone? The original specific repeater or wiring hub port is bad. Troubleshoot the specific repeater or wiring hub port. Test the segment cabling with a time domain reflectometer. If no cable faults are found after linking to those procedures, come back and continue on this page from here. Have you found any symptoms that point to one specific Ethernet node or network peripheral involved in this segment area? Troubleshoot the specific node. Troubleshoot the Ethernet segment by providing an end termination to isolate the segment as a single Ethernet and then perform a protocol analysis session to locate a specific bad Ethernet node area on the segment, following these procedures. If you tried troubleshooting all the network components in the segment area, Ethernet node stations, network peripheral, transceivers, NIC, repeaters or wiring hubs and cabling and the failure symptom is still present on the segment, attempt to gather more conclusive fault-isolation data by doing a protocol analysis . November 15, 1996 Print This Page E-mail this URL