December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
506 pages
10h 4m
English
When a user informs you that a certain system cannot be accessed, check for various network problems. Typically, you will go through these TCP/IP problem determination topics using whichever is applicable to your environment:
Communication problems
Name resolution problems
Routing problems
Problems with System Resource Controller (SRC) support
Telnet or rlogin problems
Configuration problems
Common problems with network interfaces
Problems with packet delivery
Problems with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
However, there are other considerations outside the network area that you should check also:
The server system may be down.
This will usually reveal itself when you check for communication problems. ...
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