interface not configured

[David Godderidge]

I have a HP9000 770 B132L
The Built-In lan0 interface will not configure via sam.

ch_hostip -lV "default_router_ip_add"

"Get host name given IP Address" failed. code 255

lanscan shows HW up, interface down,

ifconfig lan0 returns correct host ip, subnet mask and broadcast ip.

/etc/rc.config.d/netconf looks o.k.

lanadmin shows speed as 1000000 - looks o.k.

network switch shows network conection o.k.

netstat -rn looks correct.

changed cables and ports to one's that are known to work.

can ping localhost 127.0.0.1 and host ip o.k.

through sam interface still displays 'not configured'

Can anyone suggest why I can't configure the interface?

[David Godderidge]

Sorry, Should have said running HP-UX 10.20.

[Michael Steele_2]

SAM could be the problem. Try 'set_parms initial' instead. This will display all of your current network configuration data including the ip address and prompt you to change.

set_parms initial

[Balaji N]

hi,

try set_parms.

-balaji

[Steven E. Protter]

Can you set the interface as follows:

ifconfig lan0 IP_ADDRESS netmask NET_MASK

example

ifconfig lan0 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0

then do a ifconfig lan0 it should show up.

If that fails, try and ping that address. Maybe somebody else has your IP address.

It appears you are trying to get your address via dhcp, the failure may be with your configuration, such as what ip address of the dhcp server is, or some kind of network/wiring/hub problem.

Can you ping the dhcp server? Is it on the same subnet as your machine? Is it a microsoft server(this should not be a problem unless its way out of date)?

This may seem silly, but in the file /etc/rc.config.d/netconf what does the line

DHCP_ENABLE[0]=0

say?

Hopefully
DHCP_ENABLE[0]=1

Hope this is a start.

SEP

[David Godderidge]

Thanks for the replies. The problem was in the sub-floor void cables. The two we tried had the same problem. Once we plugged straight into the switch the problem was resolved.