Just my 2 cents: I had a similar problem and adjusting the polling seemed to
help out alot.
J.P. Giuliotti - Sr. Network Analyst -
Massachusetts Financial Services
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 954-5684
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brunschede, Gerd [SMTP:Gerd.Brunschede@HIK.FZK.DE]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:19 AM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: AW: polling problem
>
> Hi Mario,
>
> The problem you discribe hppend many times in our environment.
> It's a timeout-problem for NetView polling.
> Increase in the SNMP-Configuration the timeout value for some special
> nodes or for all nodes and I think the problem will be solved.
>
> good luck
> Gerd Brunschede
> Forschungszemtrum Karlsruhe GmbH
> HIK
> Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
> 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
> Tel.: +49 7247 82-5637
> Fax: +49 7247 82-4972
> e-mail: gerd.brunschede@hik.fzk.de
>
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Mario Schürg [mailto:Mario_Schuerg@EXCHANGE.DE]
> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 13. Januar 1999 10:19
> An: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Betreff: polling problem
>
> I don´t know where this problem belongs to, so I post it here and hope
> that
> it is known by someone:
> We´re using NK 5.1 on AIX4.2.1. From time to time I see Interface down and
> node down events from active stations. When looking on the network I see
> an
> ARP request to the station, which isn´t answered. When I ping these
> stations from command line, Interface and node up events are shown.
> I know, this seems to be a network problem, but there was never a "manual"
> ping which wasn´t answered. Only the pings from NetView fail.
> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
> Mario
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