We use AIX 4.2.1 as our standard.
I didnt get the chance to try any diagnostics myself when it happened.
>From what you are saying it sounds like more of an AIX problem than
a netview one.
Interestingly I believe that for us the problem also occurred after
an interface had gone down and come back.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
> [mailto:NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU]On Behalf Of Owens, Blaine C
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 August 1999 23:35
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: Re: ping response
>
>
> Just curious - AIX 4.3.2? We had a similar problem a while
> back. The problem
> just "went away" - I am still puzzled over it. We could not
> ping a certain
> web server from NetView but could ping the server from other
> hosts. Now to
> add to my confusion - all the while that pings were failing I
> could do SNMP
> gets and HTTP requests just fine - only pings were failing. I
> might add that
> two different ping programs were tried (the AIX supplied one
> and the public
> utility called "fping") - both failed. It was not an arp
> cache problem. As
> mysteriously as the problem appeared it just went away.
>
> Blaine Owens
> Eastman Chemical Company
> Phone - (423)-229-3579
> Fax - (423)-229-1188
> bowens@eastman.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Creasey [SMTP:creasey@OZEMAIL.COM.AU]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 9:01 AM
> > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > Subject: Re: ping response
> >
> > Recently our network operators reported a very similar thing
> > happening. They were certain an interface was up but netview
> > couldn't ping it. I wasnt present so I was very much baffled
> > by their claims.
> >
> > Have you tried to reproduce the problem? If it is reproducible
> > it could be a bonafide bug.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
> > > [mailto:NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU]On Behalf Of Frantsen Christian
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 25 August 1999 19:26
> > > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> > > Subject: ping response
> > >
> > >
> > > I noticed something strange the other day when trying some
> > > things in our
> > > lab.
> > >
> > > I unplugged a switch by removing the TP-cord and i got a
> node down in
> > > netview (obviously =))
> > > then I put the cord back in and I couldn't ping the switch
> > > from the netview
> > > map, there was no response,
> > > I got response from it if I pinged it from a machine right
> > > next to me, I
> > > tried again from netview, no response
> > > then I made a ping from the commandline on the
> > > netview-machine. Now i got a
> > > response and after that it worked from the map again.
> > >
> > > Anyone got some feedback on this?
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------
> > > Christian Frantsen
> > > Technical Operations
> > >
> > > Internoc Scandinavia AB
> > > Tel: +46-36-194843
> > > Fax: +46-36-194651
> > > http://www.internoc.se
> > >
>
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