Weird problem

[Lacrosse]

I have a new HPUX server on our network which I can get back and forth from all the windows servers. But I cannot ping our old HPUX D server from it although I can ping the new server from our old D server although cannot telnet from the old to the new server. The /etc/hosts files are setup correctly, is there maybe some network service not running....very strange help?

[RAC_1 · Accepted solution]

Is the ping not allowed between those servers?? Have firewall between those servers??
Are there appropriate routes for accessing D class server and vive versa?? When you telnet to new server fromD class, do get something in syslog (on new server??)

Anil

[A. Clay Stephenson]

This could be many things but the very first thing I would check is the subnet mask(s). On of my favorite tricks to play on unsuspecting admin pups is a subnet mask off by one bit. You can get to some hosts and not others. The pattern really only emerges when the ip addresses are expressed in binary. Also, you should try pinging and telnetting using the IP address rather than hostname.

Check to see if telnetd is properly configured in /etc/inetd.conf.