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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:	DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:	Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:	NETCAD::COLELLADT

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4455
Total number of notes:	16761

2544.0. "using hubwatch Windows on FDDI to manage hub" by JULIET::LEE_CA () Thu Jul 20 1995 01:31

    I am trying to access a dechub 900 with hubwatch v3.1 through FDDI
    without success.  I have a XLserver 590 with a DEFPA PCI FDDI card with
    Hubwatch running on it. This pc is plugged in to port 4 of a 900mx in
    slot 8 of the backplane. When I ping the hub the ARP appears to fail, I
    can deduce this because after failure I can connect to the hub with an
    ethernet hubwatch client and see in the bridge addr tables the mac addr
    of the DEFPA with a status of learned. After about 30 seconds the
    status becomes inactive. So I must be sending packets. In the netstat/i
    counters I get route not found error and 3 packets sent for every ping
    attemp. If I mannually put the mac addr of the hub into the ARP table
    the ping will give 0 route not found error and 3 packets sent.
    
    
    Config: dechub 900  v3.1.0
    		slot 2	decbridge 90
    		slot 6	900tx
    		slot 7 	900tx
    		slot 8	900mx  management slot when hub was configured
    
    Another interesting thing is the MAC addr (08-00-2b-xx-xx-xx) of the
    hub never shows up in the bridge addr tables on either 900 tx. Which
    makes me think the tx's are not forwarding and learning the hubs addr
    properly. If someone knows if the hubs mac addr should show up I'd
    appreciate a reply.
    
    
    		Any Ideas Welcome
    
    			Carey Lee

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