Re: Dumb TCPIP Communications Problem/Question

From: Chris Mattern (syscjm_at_gwu.edu)
Date: 06/27/03 

Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:37:02 -0400

Brent wrote:
> This is so frustrating!
>
> My environment:
> IBM 43P
> Using onboard ethernet port
> AIX 4.3.3
> Link Integrity light is on on the hub
> No DNS or DHCP - straight /etc/hosts file
> The only AIX box in a room full of Windows 2000/XP machines (which can
> ping each other, no problem - but not the AIX box).
>
> Problem: I cannot ping any machines on my network from AIX, they
> cannot ping me - by hostname or IP address.
>
> What I have done so far:
> Made sure ip address and subnet mask are correct (many times over now)
> Tried assigning different IP addresses and hostnames (this was
> successful, but still cannot ping)
> I can ping myself and my loopback address.
> Made sure DHCP client nor server is not running on AIX box.
> Traceroute shows nothing as the packets do not appear to leaving the
> box.
> ifconfig -a shows the following:
> et0: flags=e080863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,
> RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,GROUPRT,64BIT>
> inet 192.168.0.222 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> Been through smit tcpip 100 times now.
>
> Everything looks great to me - but no communications. This is a used
> box that I have had for about a year now, but have never put on the
> network.
>
> There is a DIX/AUI port on the back as well. I assume it is not
> activated because I am getting the link light on the hub from the TP
> port.
>
> Suggestions?????
>
Um, "et0"? The et# interfaces are for an IEEE 802.3 Ethernet interface,
which you are almost certainly not using. You want the en0 interface,
which is the standard Ethernet interface. Turn off et0 and configure
and start en0. That should help.

                  Chris Mattern

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