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Sep 9, 2016, 9:40 AM
21 Posts

wireshark 1352

  • Category: Other
  • Platform: Windows
  • Release: 9.0.1
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  • Tags: wireshark
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Hi

We have some users reporting that they loose connectivity to the server 4-5 fives times, not every day but they do sometimes.

There are 2 servers in diffrent domains,  server1 got all the users and some mailfiles and the other the applications. So they authenticate to server 1 and then uses the db´s on server2-

One user reported that the client hanged while typing an email on server1 and his colleague said that db´s on server 2 was not reachable, so notes hanged.

I and my colleague and other ppl who are on another network and building are not having these issues.

For those who notes hangs, they can use other applications on the network..seems only to be related to notes. I believe there might be some network issues, since we have never experienced any problem from our site.

Can i use wireshark to analyze this, not sure if i can see any dropped packages, i can filter the traffic on port 1352 but that tells me i got a connection...

Any idees?

 

 

Sep 12, 2016, 11:05 AM
10 Posts
Some hints

Not sure how Wireshark would help, unless you manage to capture the flow at the exact moment the problem appears.

Besides

> One user reported that the client hanged while typing an email on server1

The only thing we know here is that the client hanged. That's not much to incriminate the network. In true client/server fashion, no network traffic happens while typing. It may be more something related to the client configuration or the workstation.

> his colleague said that db´s on server 2 was not reachable, so notes hanged.

Server 2 being not reachable is one thing, but in itself should not be enough to make Notes hang. Notes was designed around intermittent connectivity. If a server is unreachable, it tells you so, and moves on (after a couple of seconds).

 

Before calling in the Wireshark cavalry, you could maybe try and refine connectivity diagnosis by activating some built-in tools : see here.

I would also check the local console.log files in Data/IBM_TECHNICAL_SUPPORT

On the client side too, Preferences/Notes Ports/Trace could give you some hints as to the route taken to resolve the server address and give you pointers to look for possible occasional conflicts.

Checking the relevant Server document in the N&AB, and specialy the field "Fully qualified Internet host name", could give you some pointers too.

Also, check the server's log.nsf, specially around the time the server was last started. If something's askew as to network connectivity, some grunt should be registered here. Same thing around the time of reported incident. See to (temporaryly) increase logging verbosity.

Finally, see the Domino Diagnostic Probe.


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