11: Troubleshooting and Contact Information

Problems and Error Messages

 

 

Table 11-2. Problems and Error Messages

 

 

 

Problem/Message

 

 

Reason

 

 

Solution

 

 

When you issue the ARP –S

 

Your currently logged-in

 

Have someone from your IT

 

 

command in Windows, the "ARP

 

user does not have the

 

department log you in with

 

 

entry addition failed: 5" message

 

correct rights to use this

 

sufficient rights.

 

 

displays.

 

command on this PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you attempt to assign an

 

When you Telnet to port 1

 

Telnet back to Port 1. Wait for it

 

 

IP address to the unit by the ARP

 

on the device server, you

 

to fail, then Telnet to port 9999

 

 

method, the "Press Enter to go

 

are only assigning a

 

again. Make sure you press

 

 

into Setup Mode" error

 

temporary IP address.

 

Enter quickly.

 

 

"(described below) message

 

When you Telnet into port

 

 

 

 

displays. Now when you Telnet

 

9999 and do not press

 

 

 

 

to the device server, the

 

Enter quickly, the device

 

 

 

 

connection fails.

 

server reboots, causing it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to lose the IP address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you Telnet to port 9999,

 

You did not press Enter

 

Telnet to port 9999 again, but

 

 

the "Press Enter to go into Setup

 

quickly enough. You only

 

press Enter as soon as you see

 

 

Mode" message displays.

 

have 5 seconds to press

 

the "Press Enter to go into

 

 

However, nothing happens when

 

Enter before the

 

Setup Mode" message.

 

 

you press Enter, or your

 

connection is closed.

 

 

 

 

connection is closed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you Telnet to port 1 to

 

You may have entered the

 

Confirm that the Ethernet

 

 

assign an IP address to the

 

Ethernet address

 

address that you entered with

 

 

device server, the Telnet window

 

incorrectly with the ARP

 

the ARP command is correct.

 

 

does not respond for a long time.

 

command.

 

The Ethernet address may only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

include numbers 0-9 and letters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A-F. In Windows and usually in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unix, the segments of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet address are separated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by dashes. In some forms of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unix, the Ethernet address is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

segmented with colons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The IP address you are

 

Confirm that your PC has an IP

 

 

 

 

 

trying to assign is not on

 

address and that it is in the

 

 

 

 

 

your logical subnet.

 

same logical subnet that you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

are trying to assign to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

device server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The device server may not

 

Make sure that the Link LED is

 

 

 

 

 

be plugged into the

 

lit. If the Link LED is not lit, then

 

 

 

 

 

network properly.

 

the device server is not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

properly plugged into the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UDS2100 specifications

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