Default Gateway Problem For LAN

[roobala]

Hi All,

It's again me....
In our L1000 server having HP-11.00
the Default Gateway is not getting saved.
We had tried this using SAM and
through commands also. When ever we
are rebooting the server the gateway
is missing.

Checked /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file also.

Can anyone tell what may be the reason?

Thanks in Advance.

[Alex Glennie]

check for old copies of netconf in /etc/rc.config.d directory and move them out of this dir to elsewhere ?

[Berlene Herren]

Do you mean by not being set upon reboot (check /etc/rc.log), or is it going away after awhile? If the former, then I agree with Alex, please ensure you only have one netconf under /etc/rc.config.d >> this includes any with extensions.

If the latter, take a look at the attached document and check for dead gateway.

Berlene

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi Roobala,

If it's the same server which is giving you some troubles with root login, the same answer applies as your /etc/nsswitch.conf has nis maps for networks, protocols, ... (I don't remember exactly) although you're not running NIS or NIS+

Best regards,

Dan

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0xcf7937f45ef7d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

[Brian Hackley]

Roobala,

I have three suggestions. The first is to try using the IP address in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf. For example:
ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]="192.111.154.254"
ROUTE_COUNT[0]="1"
ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]="default"

The second is to tell /etc/nsswitch.conf to look in "files" first, especially for things which are required at boot time to operate correctly. Have all these look at "files"
first: hosts, services, protocols, automount.

If all else fails, I often debug startup script problems by editing the script and adding a "set -x" after the shell identifier in the startup script. For example, edit the /sbin/init.d/net sciprt (also known as the target of the symlink from /sbin/rc2.d/S340net):
#!/sbin/sh
set -x # <---- You can always comment out or remove after testing!

The debug logging goes to stderr, which at boot time is redirected to /etc/rc.log.

After testing is done, comment out the set -x.

Hope this helps,

Brian Hackley