Error changing default gateway address

[generaal]

i have recently moved an aix workstation to a different part of our plant for some testing and hopefully upgrading from 4.3 to 5.3. the problem comes when i try and change the default gateway address. When I go to smitty nfs - Configure TCP/IP (If Not Already Configured) - further configuration - static route - add a static route, I get this error:

method error (/usr/lib/methods/chginet):
0514-068 cause not known

0821-240 chginet:error writing to routing socket

I have tried the following and got the same error:
route delete 0
chdev -l inet0 -a route=0,<gateway address>

 

[khalidaaa]

Not sure what causes this to be honest but have you tried to rmdev ent0?

rmdev -l ent0

This will reset every thing and then you can go ahead with configuring the TCP/IP from the beginning!

Regards,
Khalid

 

[zaxxon]

Have no machine to test here sadly atm, but maybe remove the old default GW.

List the current default GW:

netstat -rn | grep default

Delete it:

route delete 0 <network's ip>

Check the ODM:

root@mickey05:/> odmget -q "name = inet0" CuAt

CuAt:
        name = "inet0"
        attribute = "hostname"
        value = "mickey05"
        type = "R"
        generic = "DU"
        rep = "s"
        nls_index = 24

CuAt:
        name = "inet0"
        attribute = "route"
        [b]value = "net,-hopcount,0,,0,10.5.1.254"[/b]
        type = "R"
        generic = "DU"
        rep = "s"
        nls_index = 0

Delete it from ODM:

odmdelete -o CuAt -q "value = net,-hopcount,0,,0,10.5.1.254"

Add the new default GW and when everything is fine again, don't forget to do a

bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice

because else you might have your old GW back after a reboot, even in the ODM which is somewhat annoying when you start searching why it comes back all the time^^

laters
zaxxon

 

[generaal]

Hello all

When i try rmdev -l ent0, i get the following error:
method error (/usr/lib/methods/ucfgcommo):
0514-039 Error unloading kernel extension

I also tried to list the current GW, but no value was returned. When i just did a netstat -rn, the only values returned were the headings.

Then i tried odmget -q "name = inet0" Cuat, and got the following error:
odmget: cannot open class Cuat

 

[khalidaaa]

It should be

odmget -q "name = inet0" CuAt

Regards,
Khalid

 

[khalidaaa]

CuAt

Caps A not Cuat!

Regards,
Khalid

 

[ogniemi]

and why not simply:

chdev -l inet0 -a delroute=`lsattr -El inet0 -a route|awk '{print $2}'`

 

[generaal]

I just cannot win with this one. I have now managed to get the new gateway address sorted out, but now it is not on the network. I can get into safe mode, but i cannot ping anything from it either.

 

[zaxxon]

Hm, is the link ok? Can you ping other machines in the same net so that you don't have to go via the default GW? Are the speeds ok on the port/switch along with that of your adapter?

laters
zaxxon