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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>On a site
with Spread, a customer reports all works fine early morning and
late evenings, but not during office hours when the network is busier.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>We try
today to run manually the spread.exe and use sptuser to join the same
group. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>During office hours, we saw that on each PC,
each member is the only one on the
group. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>And indeed
during less busy times - when the 2nd PC joined the group he was
now the 2nd member.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>On further
investigating with TRACERT we saw that the problem occurs when there are 3
routers between the computers involved, but when there is only 1 router -
it is always fine. (Could not check with 2 routers).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>Here
are the CONF file from the site plus the relevant TRACERT results.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>We've
tested the join group issue twice:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>- Between
ACCESSSERVER & 'ncl' >>> Get the above
problem.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>- Between
ACCESSSERVER & 'jcb12-chenjf' >>> Always
ok</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>---
spread.conf---</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007> Spread_Segment
99.40.14.255:4803 {<BR>
ACCESSSERVER
99.40.14.121<BR>}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007> Spread_Segment
99.40.70.255:4803 {<BR>
jqy-wts
99.40.70.50<BR>}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007> Spread_Segment
99.40.19.255:4803 {<BR>
jcb12-chenjf
99.40.19.193<BR>}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007> Spread_Segment
99.40.58.255:4803 {<BR>
nifun
99.40.58.241<BR>
ncl
99.40.58.56<BR>}</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007><BR>DangerousMonitor = true</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>--- end
---</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>---TRACERT from ACCESSSERVER to ncl---
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>tracing
route to ncl [99.40.50.56]<BR>1 <10ms <10ms <10ms 99.40.14.253<BR>2
<10ms < 10ms <10ms 99.40.254.210<BR>3 15ms 16ms <10ms
99.40.250.62<BR>4 16ms <10ms 15ms ncl
[99.40.58.56]</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>--- end ---</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>---TRACERT from ACCESSSERVER to jcb12-chenjf---
</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>tracing route to jcb12-chenjf [99.40.50.56]<BR>1
<10ms <10ms <10ms 99.40.14.253<BR>2 <10ms < 10ms <10ms
jcb12-chenjf [99.40.19.193]</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>--- end ---</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>Should we specify each router as spread segment in
the spread.conf ? </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>Are we missing something? </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>Is there a way to diagnose and solve the source of
the problem? </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>Thanks & best regards,</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN class=300231812-05062007><SPAN
class=300231812-05062007>Daniel Essayag
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