cannot ping gateway

[masrolyat]

I have a problem on a private ethernet where my F50 cannot ping its
gateway.
I hagotten out the service manual for the F50 and mapped ent0 (en0)'s
location code to its physical slot to be sure that I was using the
adapter that was cabled up. I re-installed AIX 5.1.
then did a smit mktcpip (initial config) checked the ip address,
subnet, gateway with a co-worker.
and i could not ping the gateway. So I downed and detached en0 with
ifconfig and configured en1 and then en2 to make sure that I was
using the proper adapter and no luck each time.
I did find typo's in the hostname I was setting and I down detached
en0-en2 and then did a initial config again and still did not have any
luck.
I switch out cables, rebooted and still could not ping, I switched
ports on the hub and still had no luck. I have tried refreshing inetd
and then making sure that it is running.
I can not ping the F50 from the gateway machine -- a CWS.
what am I leaving out? Calling AIX support would be difficult because
I'd have to sit in the machine room and it 51 (out of support). Yes, I
have 53 support but will not lie to get this fixed.

gateway is 192.168.1.250
F50's IP 192.168.1.236 and subnet is 255.255.255.0 so they are on the
same subnet
I did ifconfig -a and found en0,en1,en2 all up and on the same ip ..
236.
So, I down and detached en1 and en2 but that madew no difference.
I created a /etc/netsvc.conf and placed hosts=local,bind4, then placed
a line in /etc/hosts
for the CWS at 192.168.1.250
Any ideas ya'll?
thank you



Can any one help out?

 

[DukeSSD]

From memory the F50 has one built in ethernet which has an RJ45 and a DIX connector. Did you set the connector / connection type to the RJ45 connecotr when you configured the adapter because I think they default to the DIX connector.

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

first of all, hook up a portable with a crosscable , give it an IP in the same range, en redo the test.Try also flushing routing tables that also gives problems now and then.

rgds,

R.