Installing and Administering LAN/9000 Software

Chapter 4 67
Troubleshooting LAN/9000
Troubleshooting Q & A
gateway.
Related Documentation: Refer to “Assigning Subnet Addresses” in
chapter 6.
Configuring address 127.0.0.1: I tried to add the IP address, 127.0.0.1,
and the system won't accept it.
Answer: Addresses with the format 127.n.n.n are reserved as loopback
addresses. Select another IP address. You can obtain Class C addresses
that are unique within the ARPANET by contacting Government
Systems, Inc. Refer to “Assigning an Internet Address” in chapter 6 for
more information.
Related Documentation: Refer to “Assigning an Internet Address” in
chapter 6.
EISA configuration: I added my EISA card into my system prior to
installing and configuring the software. When I looked at the
instructions in chapter 1, I discovered that I should have added the
hardware after the software. How can I recover from this situation?
Answer: Reboot the system twice after you have loaded the LAN
software and then go directly to chapter 2 in this manual to configure the
card.
Related Documentation: Refer to the eisa_config(1M) man page.
Displaying station address: How do I locate the station address of my
LAN card?
Answer: Use the lanscan(1M) command to display the station
addresses of all LAN cards in the system:
lanscan
Related Documentation: Refer to the lanscan(1M) man page.
Resetting LAN card: How do I reset the LAN card?
Answer: Run the lanadmin(1M) diagnostic by entering the following
sequence of commands, where
x
is the Physical Point of Attachment
(PPA) of the interface you want to reset. (Use the lanscan command to
determine the PPA of the interface on the system.)
lanadmin
lan
ppa
x
reset