Server or Network Problem

[Guest_imported]

We are running on HP-UX 11 and having a weird problem with slow response via telnet or ftp from a particular floor of our building. The network group did sniffer on it and the trace file identified our servers as the source of problem. Our HP boxes have several NIC cards in them but, for the time being, only one is active as we are tryting to narrow down the problem. The funny thing is that all other user groups from different floors don't have speed problem. How are we pinpoint to the exact causes on the servers by running some more dianostics? Also how do I disable routing on the servers or how to verify that it is diabled?

 

[unixqueen]

Hi Gladi,

How did they arrive at the conclusion that the server is the route of the problem?
If you have only one network card enabled, then the host cannot behave as a router, and thus the only entries in your routing table would be the default route (NIC IP) and loopback address.

I've seen this prob before whereby the floor has it's own switch, but the users are not directly plugged into the switch. They were plugged into hubs cascading off oneanother(all sharing the switch port's bandwidth).

Anyway, to check the routing tables on HP-UX, use
#netstat -r
when used with an s switch (netstat -rs), you will get routing statistics also.

Regards

Queenie