Problem with ESIX, VP/ix, and network

[Joy Correa]

I've discovered a problem that using VP/ix on an ESIX system console
causes network connections to die.  I've just talked to ESIX tech support --
they said they have never seen it before, but will look into it.  What with
the u-area bug (they said two weeks away, BTW), they probably won't get to
my problem too soon; so, I decided to ask the net.

Here's the problem:  I have a 33 MHz 386 running ESIX rev. D with a Western
Digital card connected to a Sony workstation over thin ethernet.  Everything
works fine until I start up VP/ix (ISC ver. 1.2) on the ESIX system console.
After that, the network connections all die -- NFS, rlogin, telnet, ping, etc
quit working!  This does not happen if I run VP/ix from an attached terminal
or over the network, say the Sony rlogined to the ESIX box.

Does anyone else have this problem?  Please respond by email to:

	joyco at uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu

Thank you.