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Dealing with Network Failures
If the program you have been running uses resources from a lo cal area net
work
and it stops unexpectedly
, the following ma
y help lo cate the source of the
problem:
Table 7-3. Problems with the Netw
ork
Problem Action
No systems respond to the
/etc/ping
hostname
command.
Check the network connection at the bac
k
of your workstation. Make sure that the
cable is securely fastened to the connector.
Your system do es not
resp ond to
/etc/ping
from
another system on the
network.
Check to see if the networking software is
still running on your system. Use
ps -ef
to
do so. If it is not running, restart it b
y
logging onto your system as
root
and
running
/etc/rc
.
Some systems respond to
/etc/ping
, but others do
not.
Contact your network administrator, if you
have one. This condition either indicates
that some systems are down, or that there
is a fault with the network.
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