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When traffic on the LAN is very heavy, some packets might be lost because the server cannot keep up with the flow.

To better understand the results, you might want to seek support from your Avaya support representative when running the LAN utilities.

Detecting incorrect IP addresses (arp)

The arp command provides information about Ethernet/IP address translation. You can use the command to detect systems on the LAN that are configured with an incorrect IP address. The table that follows identifies the different options and functions for the arp command.

Command

Function

 

 

arp -a [Unix[kmem]]

Display all of the current ARP entries by reading the table

 

from the file kmem (default /dev/kmem), based on the kernel

 

file Unix (default /kernel/Unix )

arp -dhostname

Delete an entry for the host called hostname.

 

Note:

 

This option can be used only by the super-user.

arp -shostname

Create an ARP entry for the host called hostname with the

ether_address [temp]

Ethernet address ether_address.

[pub] [trail]

 

arp -ffilename

Read the file named filename and set multiple entries in the

 

ARP tables

Displaying network statistics (netstat)

Use the netstat command to display statistics about each network interface and socket and statistics about the network routing table. Use the netstat command with the attributes shown in the table that follows.

Attribute

Function

-a

Display the state of all sockets and all routing table entries.

-faddress_family

Limit the statistics or address control block reports to those of the

 

specified family. (The address family can be inet for the AF_INET

 

family or Unix for the AF_Unix family.)

-g

Display the multicast group memberships for all interfaces.

-i

Display the state of the interfaces that are used for TCP/IP traffic.

-m

Display the STREAMS statistics.

-n

Display the network addresses as numbers.

-p

Display the address resolution tables.

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