Question : Recurring event id 2424 and 2436 - Windows Sharepoint Services 3 search.

I've seen numerous articles online on getting rid of these reoccurring event id's but I still cannot shake them.  Hopefully someone has more insight.
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  2424 
  2 
  3 
  0x80000000000000 
   
  177664 
  Application 
  serverxxxx.domainxxx.local 
   
  
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  Context: Application 'Search', Catalog 'index file on the search server Search' 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
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  2436 
  3 
  3 
  0x80000000000000 
   
  177663 
  Application 
  serverxxx.domainxxxx.local 
   
  
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  Context: Application 'Search index file on the search server', Catalog 'Search' Details: The crawler could not communicate with the server. Check that the server is available and that the firewall access is configured correctly. (0x80041200) 
  sts3s://remote.domainxxxx.com:987/contentdbid={dc901170-c029-455d-af3b-e7c1c326d234}
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Answer : Recurring event id 2424 and 2436 - Windows Sharepoint Services 3 search.

an alternate solution is listed here.  

http://mysharepointblog.com/post/2007/01/Windows-SharePoint-Services-(WSS)-30-Search-Setup-Notes.aspx

With my customers, the Blog solution from Microsoft has always worked.
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