UnixWare Installation
To Troubleshoot the TCP/IP Connection
To Troubleshoot the
TCP/IP Connection
When to use Use the troubleshooting guidelines in this section if your network
| is not functioning properly after you administer the TCP/IP. | |
Check |
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■ Is the network management station functional on the | ||
hardware | network? |
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| ■ Is the ethernet cabling installed? | |
Definitions |
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■ A host is the computer in charge of a telecommunications | ||
| or a local area network session. | |
| ■ The local host is the name that network software uses to | |
| identify each PC on the network. | |
| ■ A proxy agent is the name of the Proxy Agent PC. | |
Check the |
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Open the /etc/hosts file. If the answer to any of the following | ||
hosts file | questions is “no,” m ake the appropriate corrections. | |
| ■ Does the file contain lines of text similar to the following? | |
| 127.0.0.1 | [localhost] |
123.45.67.9 [proxyagent]
■Do the values of [localhost] and [proxyagent] match those in the report that displays when you run the netstat
