Mark, This is getting curiouser and curiouser.
I tried to ping the gateway, and I was receiving the Destination host unreachable error, so I went hunting for a network guy. I didn't think they turned off the switch port, as the ports are shared across 5 LPARs. The other 4 are working, and if they had disabled the port(s), well, I would have known it a long time ago. However, they could have 'reclaimed' the IP addresses, if they thought the IP addresses weren't being used. But that didn't pan out either. So then the network guy fired up one of his network tester/checker tools, and said that the IP assigned to eth0 was there and answering. His port checker said that ftp, telnet and ssh were all available. I explained the ping problem, and, of course, he could ping the IP address with no problem. So, back at my desk, I was able to connect via telnet and ssh, albeit very slowly for the initial connection. And a ping in from my PC now works, too. eth1 is still dead, but I can live with that for the moment. That's tomorrow's task, after mkinitrd and zipl. Puzzling... I'll read up on mkinitrd tomorrow. Thanks again for all the help, Dave Dave Stuart Prin. Info. Systems Support Analyst County of Ventura, CA 805-662-6731 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/30/2007 4:32 PM >>> -snip- > However, I am still unable to connect to eth0. A ping in from my PC and > from other hosts on the same subnet still time out. And a ping out still > says Destination host unreachable. Progress is that I also receive the > Destination host unreachable when pinging out to my PC. So it picked up the > route and default gateway and tried to use it. Can you ping your default gateway from the Linux system? If not, check with your network hardware folks. They may have turned off the switch port since your end was inactive for so long (don't ask me how I know that might happen). If you can ping the gateway, then see what a "traceroute -n" from the Linux system to your PC shows you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
