7.7 All of a sudden, our HP3000 cannot ping anything beyond the local router. All PCs on the same IP subnet can connect using Reflection but PCs on different IP segments cannot communicate with the HP3000. Our routers appear to be working because we can get IP email and our web servers are running fine. Any ideas?
It sounds like the default gateway on your HP3000 might have shut down. To check this, do the following
Log on as manager.sys
Run NETTOOL.NET.SYS
NAMEADDR
ROUTING
GATELIST
You will see the IP address of the default gateway and several columns of information. Make sure the ACTIVE column has a 'Y'. If there is an N in the ACTIVE column do the following:
GATEUP ip address (put the ip address of the default gateway in here)
That should take care of your problem.
You can also issue the command NETCONTROL UPDATE=INTERNET;NET=LAN1 instead of using NETTOOL, but the NETTOOL method is safer since it is narrowly focused on the specific problem. Make sure you have the latest networking patches if you try the NETCONTROL UPDATE method.