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Questions: 1) what does "cat /etc/resolv.conf" look like? 2) if you do "nslookup 192.168.1.1" from machine1 while machine2 is up, what do you get? how about when machine2 is down? (replace that address with the actual IP address of the client trying to telnet to machine1)...

Is machine2 your dns server? We have similar problems if our dns service is out - aix tries to do a reverse lookup on the address you're connecting from, and it can take several minutes to time out. Are there any NFS mounts across the machines? If they are not available it can cause odd...

Many modern switches can do this, my 3com 3300's are configured with 3 links trunked together... Select menu option (feature/trunk): detail Select Trunk Index (1-2): 1 Unit 1 Trunk 1 Port Mode Status Unit 1 Port 22 100 Full Active Unit 1 Port 23 100 Full...

Perhaps you are being too ambitious? A 5 year technology plan? Really? 5 *years*? I like what Mike says about saying "no". I always have a full schedule, so I automatically say no to any project that needs to be done right now. If the user goes over my head, I insist that some...

We install VNC on all workstations and servers. I didn't ask for permission, so there was no problem with getting rejected :-) If you keep track of how many times a user has to ship a pc back to IT for minor config changes, or record every time you spend 3 hours on the phone trying to...

I've done a couple of very simple reports - what kind of info are you looking for? For example: we do a report by IP address, and another by a custom user field inventory tag number. Email me offline, ian@trinitycapital.com, if you would like to see the reports - sometimes an example is worth...

emacs might be a bit overkill, depending on what you're doing. there's lots of pre-compiled aix software at: http://www.bull.de/pub/ - several X editors are listed. pine includes a nice editor, pico. i really like joe, from ftp://ftp.std.com/src/editors