Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!samsung!rex!convex1.tcs.tulane.edu!tdeeves
From: tdeeves@convex1.tcs.tulane.edu (Tim Deeves)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: netstat -r
Message-ID: <5684@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 15 Jan 91 05:00:12 GMT
References: <PANNAIYA.91Jan14185127@aigyptos.nmsu.edu>
Sender: news@rex.cs.tulane.edu
Distribution: comp.unix.aix
Organization: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Lines: 15

In article <PANNAIYA.91Jan14185127@aigyptos.nmsu.edu> pannaiya@nmsu.edu (Pradeepkumar Annaiyappa) writes:
>We have just received an RS/6000 320 and are trying to put
>it on the network.  I am having trouble getting tcp/ip and
>nis going.  In particular if I do netstat -r the command
>hangs.  I am unable to set any static routing using smit.
>
By default, netstat attempts to display network addresses symbolically.
If you're having network problems to begin with and netstat tries to
use a nameserver on another system to resolve addresses to names,
this could cause netstat to hang.  Use "netstat -nr" to avoid the problem.

Tim Deeves
Computing Services
Tulane University
(504) 865-5631