pannaiya@nmsu.edu (Pradeepkumar Annaiyappa) (01/15/91)
We have just received an RS/6000 320 and are trying to put it on the network. I am having trouble getting tcp/ip and nis going. In particular if I do netstat -r the command hangs. I am unable to set any static routing using smit. Does anyone have any list of 'to do' when installing one of these beasts on the network? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, pk PradeepKumar V. Annaiyappa Computing Research Lab., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. pk@nmsu.edu 505-646-1482
tdeeves@convex1.tcs.tulane.edu (Tim Deeves) (01/15/91)
In article <PANNAIYA.91Jan14185127@aigyptos.nmsu.edu> pannaiya@nmsu.edu (Pradeepkumar Annaiyappa) writes: >We have just received an RS/6000 320 and are trying to put >it on the network. I am having trouble getting tcp/ip and >nis going. In particular if I do netstat -r the command >hangs. I am unable to set any static routing using smit. > By default, netstat attempts to display network addresses symbolically. If you're having network problems to begin with and netstat tries to use a nameserver on another system to resolve addresses to names, this could cause netstat to hang. Use "netstat -nr" to avoid the problem. Tim Deeves Computing Services Tulane University (504) 865-5631
scott@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Holt) (01/15/91)
In article <PANNAIYA.91Jan14185127@aigyptos.nmsu.edu> pannaiya@nmsu.edu (Pradeepkumar Annaiyappa) writes: >We have just received an RS/6000 320 and are trying to put >it on the network. I am having trouble getting tcp/ip and >nis going. In particular if I do netstat -r the command >hangs. I am unable to set any static routing using smit. > I had similar problems when setting up some of our 6000s and traced it down to the fact that I simply didn't read the documentation carefully enough. There is a characteristic of the ethernet interface which defines the connector type, either DIX or BNC - BNC for thin, DIX for thick. If this is set wrong, strange things happen. The attributes can be accessed via the "chgenet" fast path (i.e smit chgenet). - Scott -- This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Scott Holt Internet: scott@prism.gatech.edu Georgia Tech UUCP: ..!gatech!prism!scott Office of Information Technology, Technical Services