Ladies and Gentlemen,
I had only one response to my query, from Timothy
Lindgren who apparently doesn't have the problem
I do. I've managed to delay the decision for a
little while and am still trying to resolve the
problem.
Original statement of problem below in case
anyone may have missed the original.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> I have a Sun Ultra5 with a SunPCi card that I was asked to
> do an evaluation of for possible deployment. The U5 is
> running 2.6 with appropriate patches and the SunPCi is
> running M$ W95SR2. All basic stuff looks fine (except for
> color flashing - 19" monitor at 1280x1024 can only run
> 8bit color).
>
> I've been beating on this for a few days and the time
> to make a recommendation is coming up fast.
>
> The problem is with the workstation and SunPCi seeing
> each other on the network. In the SunPCi Release Notes,
> item 16 this problem is discussed. I tried the approach
> and it doesn't work. I'm not sure part of it (PC side)
> even makes sense.
>
> In the following:
>
> a.b.70.1 router
> a.b.70.49 SunPCi
> a.b.70.91 U5 workstation
>
> State before trying to set specific routes per Sun suggestion
>
> On the workstation - routing table
>
>
> Routing Table:
> Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
> -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
> a.b.70.0 a.b.70.91 U 3 687 hme0
> 224.0.0.0 a.b.70.91 U 3 0 hme0
> default a.b.70.1 UG 0 39
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 113 lo0
>
> On the PC - routing table
>
>
> Active Routes:
>
> Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Interface Metric
> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 a.b.70.1 a.b.70.49 1
> a.b.70.0 255.255.255.0 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
> a.b.70.49 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
> 10.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
> 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
> 224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
> 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
>
> Route Table
>
> Active Connections
>
> Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
>
> -------------
>
> Now, per instructions, on the PC:
>
> route add a.b.70.91 mask 255.255.255.0 a.b.70.1
>
> (add a route to the workstation through the router,
> but with a mask as if it's a route to a network)
>
> This does not change the PC routing table.
>
> Per instructions, on the Sun:
>
> route add a.b.70.49 a.b.70.1 1
>
> (add a route to the SunPCi through the router)
>
> This does change the Sun routing table:
>
> Routing Table:
> Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
> -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
> a.b.70.49 a.b.70.1 UGH 0 0
> a.b.70.0 a.b.70.91 U 3 687 hme0
> 224.0.0.0 a.b.70.91 U 3 0 hme0
> default a.b.70.1 UG 0 39
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 113 lo0
>
> Since the PC routing was not changed, a ping to SunPCi gives
>
> ICMP Host redirect from gateway router (a.b.70.1) to SunPCi (a.b.70.49)
> for SunPCi (a.b.70.49)
>
> and pinging from the PC times out.
>
> If I now try a route command on the PC more equivalent to the Sun:
>
> route add a.b.70.91 a.b.70.1
>
> I now see in the PC routing table
>
> Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Interface Metric
> 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 a.b.70.1 a.b.70.49 1
> a.b.70.0 255.255.255.0 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
> a.b.70.49 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
> -> a.b.70.91 255.255.255.255 a.b.70.1 a.b.70.49 1
> 10.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
> 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
> 224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
> 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 1
>
> -> shows the route that was added
>
> Now if I ping from the workstation to SunPCi or vice versa, the first
> ping works and subsequent pings time-out. There also appears a line
> in the workstation routing table that looks like:
>
> a.b.70.49 a.b.70.49 UGHD 0 3
>
> that hangs around for several seconds and then disappears. After which
> I can get a single ping through again.
>
> So, is Sun confused? At this point I know I am. Have you gotten this
> to work or just ignored the problem?
>
> Thanks in advance, summary will follow.
>
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