Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod!ncar!gatech!prism!scott From: scott@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Holt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: netstat -r Message-ID: <19697@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 15 Jan 91 14:39:16 GMT References: Distribution: comp.unix.aix Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 21 In article 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. > I had similar problems when setting up some of our 6000s and traced it down to the fact that I simply didn't read the documentation carefully enough. There is a characteristic of the ethernet interface which defines the connector type, either DIX or BNC - BNC for thin, DIX for thick. If this is set wrong, strange things happen. The attributes can be accessed via the "chgenet" fast path (i.e smit chgenet). - Scott -- This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Scott Holt Internet: scott@prism.gatech.edu Georgia Tech UUCP: ..!gatech!prism!scott Office of Information Technology, Technical Services