HP-UX LAN Administrator's Guide (Feburary 2007)

Table Of Contents
Troubleshooting HP-UX LANDRAFT COPY
Diagnostic Flowcharts
Chapter 578
Flowchart 9 Procedures
A. Execute: ping from known good host through gateway to known good host on
remote network. This will test gateway connectivity to the remote network.
For more information on ping, refer to chapter 6.
B. ping successful? If the executing ping returned does not return successfully,
the problem may exist in the routing table for the problem host. Go to C.
C. Execute netstat -rn. To display gateway routing information in numerical
form, execute:
netstat -rn
D. Direct route to remote or default route to gateway? If the route exists, go to F.
If not, go to E to add a new route.
E. Add route entry on local system. Use the route command to add a route
entry to the route table on the local system. Refer to the route(1M) man
page for a complete description of the command.
F. Routing table on remote OK? Check that the routing information on the
remote system is OK.
G. Correct routing table. If the routing information is incorrect, correct it using
the route command.