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- From: afgun@engin.umich.edu (Andrew F. Gunnesch)
- Subject: Re: Helpfor 425t that won't talk ethernet...
- Message-ID: <sYW-N=#@engin.umich.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 16:36:36 EDT
- Organization: CAEN, University of Michigan
- References: <9207311624.AA04821@cel.cummins.com>
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- In article <9207311624.AA04821@cel.cummins.com> philip@cel.cummins.com (Philip D. Pokorny) writes:
- >Andrew F. Gunnesch asks:
- >> We have a single 425t on an ethernet, which is routed to the rest
- >> of our extensive internet on two ends of the wire, one being a Cisco
- >> AGS+ and the other a Proteon P4100. We have removed the ringcard
- >> from the machine, and are using the ethernet port only. At times,
- >When you removed the card, did you EX CONFIG at the MD to tell
- >it there was no ring card? Did you set the primary network to
- >Ethernet? (PNET E?)
- >
- Well, on a 425t, the only thing that EX CONFIG can do is set the clock
- speed. What's PNET E? That sounds like what I might need...
-
- >> the machine works just fine, albeit a little slow. It runs an
- >> llbd, glbd, and ns_helper. Occasionally (quite often now), when the
- >> machine boots up, it registers no network number. I've even gone so
- >> far as to run the following script at boot time before tcp services
- >> are started:
- >>
- >> #!/bin/sh
- >> (/etc/netsvc -net 29cf2 ) > /dev/console
- >> (/etc/netsvc -a ) > /dev/console
- >> (/etc/rtsvc -dev ETH802.3_DIO -net 29cf2 -noroute ) > /dev/console
- >>
- >Since TCP/IP and Domain Networking services don't have anything
- >to do with each other, this shouldn't affect TCPD or any TCP/IP
- >services. If there are other machines on the ethernet spline
- >that are routing Domain Services (the Proteon and Cisco are both
- >capable of doing this...) then this Apollo will get it's network
- >ID from the router automatically.
- >
- Both the Cisco and Proteon route DDS.
-
- >> It's worked before like this. Sometimes it doesn't. I've removed
- >> the `node_data/hint_file and rebooted it several times. Once in a
- >A good thing to try in a case like this...
- >
- >> great while now the node is happy and registers it's proper network
- >> of 29cf2, but usually doesn't (it sometimes when you are logged onto
- >> the machine and do a bldt it replies 29cf2.341c8, but lately it just
- >> responds 341c8). When the machine gets into this state, I can pst
- >When it's in this state try runing netsvc and rtsvc to display
- >the current network options. The network is probably 0.
- >
- I've done both, and the proper network is displayed. A bldt, however,
- shows no network. Perhaps this again is related the the mysterious
- "PNET E" you mentioned above.
-
- >> it, but not crp (object not found error). I must telnet in then.
- >> When I'm on the machine, I can bldt other machines in my internet.
- >> When I try an lcnode, I get this:
- >> ?(lcnode) Node 341C8 did not respond - request denied by local node (OS/network)
- >This may be because you haven't set the primary network
- >correctly?
- >
- >Are you sure that 29cf2 is the Apollo network id of the
- >ethernet? It isn't the old number of the Apollo Token Ring?
- >Mixing machines on the same ethernet with different numbers
- >caused all sorts of strange problems here when we moved nodes
- >and forgot the change the config's
- >
- 29cf2 IS the ID for that ethernet spur. It used to be on 29cf7, the main ATR.
-
- >> Can anybody help me out with this perplexing problem????
- >I hope I did...
- >
- >Sincerely,
- >Philip D. Pokorny
- >philip@cel.cummins.com
- >:)
-
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