Sporadic Net presence on SS5
2007-12-25 11:58:00
> We are having problems with a machine that is running Solaris 2.5 getting
> losing contact with the network.
>
> When we run "watch-net" from the boot prom, we can see packets going by
> (indicated by dots [...]), so we know that its physical connection to the
> network is ok.
>
> What happens is that after a period of being up, it will not be able to
> access our NFS server or NIS+ server. None of the other machines on the
> network can ping it. If we run snoop, we don't see any activity
> from the machine.
>
> But rebooting seems to fix the problem everytime.
>
> We've had this machine get "lost" in the middle of our nightly backups
> twice so far, so this is really frustrating.
I neglected to mention that this machine is connected via its AUI
interface. On SS5s that we have installed Solaris 2.5 on before, it
always put the line
cable-selection="aui"
in /kernel/drv/options.conf.
This particular machine didn't have that line (we installed it on TPE and
then moved the machine). I think inserting the line fixed the problem.
_o ) mah@eecs.tulane.edu
Mark `Hex' Hershberger `\< New Orleans, LA (
(*)/(*) c[] hex@eecs.tulane.edu
How vigilant we are! determined not to live by faith if we can
avoid it; all the day long on the alert, at night we unwillingly
say our prayers and commit ourselves to uncertainties.
-- Thoreau
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