Re: (PM) ether0 not responding... (fwd)

Allan Worley (aworley@gj.net)
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 01:59:06 -0700

MegaZone wrote:
>
> Once upon a time Allan Worley shaped the electrons to say...
> >This is happening on PM2s and PM3s All are using 3.7.2 (PM2s had the same
> >problem on 3.5 and PM3s had the same problem back to 3.7)
> >
> >Occasionally, the ether0 will stop responding. rebooting fixes it, or waiting
> >about 10 minutes fixes it. obviously both solutions are not that great.
>
> When this happens I'd connect over the console port or dialin and
> 'show ether0' and 'show global', as well as an 'ifconfig' - see what
> the status and settings of ether0 show.

Um... isn't broadcast supposed to be .255? I looked on all the other PMs and
they are all on .0

pm6> sh ether0
Ethernet Status: IP - Enabled IPX - Disabled

Interface Addr: 206.115.104.248
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Broadcast Address: 206.115.104.0

IPX Network: 00000000
IPX Frame Type: ETHERNET_802.2
Ethernet Address: 00:c0:05:04:0f:12

Routing: RIP(Quiet (Off))
Input Filter:
Output Filter:

Everything looks to be the same as when it is in working condition. no wierd
routes with sh routes. I've cleaned up the traffic with the PM2s and that
seemed to do the trick there, but the PM3s are plugged directly into the 3com
switch (Superstack II Switch 1000 24 port (500 MAC addresses)) and they still
lock up.

> And you're sure nothing else has this IP. You didn't accidentally
> give the same IP to a dialin pool or user? I've seen that happen - user
> dials in, routing fries, user disconnects, all is well.

I was curious about that before, but noone/nothing has that same ip... that
would show up n the routing table right?

Is routing =Broadcast,Listen required for normal operation? Right now I have
radius put the static routes in when someone calls in with a routed subnet.

The next time it happens, I'll see if I can't get some info out of the switch,
but the stats look good for those ports.

Thanks again for your help...

Allan
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