AT&T OneVision DEFINITY G3 Guide, Installation And Connection Manual

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3-18 Issue 2 April 1996
UnixWare Installation
To Troubleshoot the TCP/IP Connection
To Troubleshoot the
TCP/IP Connection
When to use Use the troubleshooting guidelines in this section if your network
is not functioning properly after you administer the TCP/IP.
Check
hardware
■
Is the network management station functional on the
network?
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Is the ethernet cabling installed?
Definitions
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A host is the computer in charge of a telecommunications
or a local area network session.
■
The local host is the name that network software uses to
identify each PC on the network.
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A proxy agent is the name of the Proxy Agent PC.
Check the
hosts file Open the /etc/hosts file. If the answer to any of the following
questions is “no,” make the appropriate corrections.
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Does the file contain lines of text similar to the following?
127.0.0.1 [localhost]
123.45.67.9 [proxyagent]
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Do the values of
[localhost]
and
[proxyagent]
match those in the report that displays when you run the
netstat -i command? (See Example status data, later in this
section.)