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?
■ Is the ethernet cabling installed?
Definitions
■ 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.
■ 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.
■ Does the file contain lines of text similar to the following?
127.0.0.1 [localhost]
123.45.67.9 [proxyagent]
■ 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.)
