I don't think the trace level can be changed... it is an totally undocumented feature AFAIK.Questions:
1. Does the RPL processes successfully complete and remoteboot occur when the router is not attached?
2. What adapter(s) is in your server, and what version of driver is being used?
3. What adapter card is in the workstation, and it is using an on-board RIPL ROM, or boot disk emulation?
It is important that we need to establish if your ring is continuing to function when the router is attached.
There easiest ways of doing this are:
1. Ping another workstation on the ring (only if TCP/IP is bound, which it probably isn't by the sound of it!) - if ICMP responses stop when the router is attached, then the ring is failing.
2. Do a NET USE on the server to *another* server/workstation on the ring, and try to do a DIR of that resource when the router is attached. If traffic has stopped flowing, the DIR will stop.
If no other server/workstation is available for this test, then we can test by connecting to ourself. This relies on the loopback feature not being available on the adapter in the server - few token ring adapters had this working anyway.
So,
3. Do a NET USE to a share on the same server, and verify that a DIR command will complete after you then attach the router.
You can also periodically check LANTRAN.LOG in the IBMCOM folder to see if other messages have been logged.
I honestly think that the OP-58/59 errors are beacon conditions - it could be that the router's port is set at the wrong ringspeed.
When a beacon event last more than 7 seconds, OS/2 will ask the token-ring adapter to leave the ring, and then attempt to re-join after 3 seconds. When this happens, you should see the server's lobe light change condition, and/or hear its relay click.
If RPL does not work full stop, then please post a zip file containing:
1. Your CONFIG.SYS, PROTOCOL.INI, IBMLAN.INI, LANTRAN.LOG and HPFS386.INI files (if using the Advanced server).
2. Your RPL.MAP file.
3. The contents of "DIR c:\IBMLAN\*.* > dirlist.txt"
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Moby.