Solaris + Switches + VLANs = wtf?

Timothy Hildred timhildred-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Mon Nov 8 20:45:27 UTC 2010


I figured it out, the actual problem is to embarassing to mention here.
thanks to everyone who looked!

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Jason Shaw <grazer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I'd suggest hooking a different box up to that port with the basic routing
> information to operate only on that VLAN and make certain that it can
> communicate properly.  That will help to narrow down the scope of the issue
> by removing the switch/VLAN config from the problem.
>
> -jason
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:33 PM, aaron d <instantkamera-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Actually, again looking closer, I see I could be mistaken here. that
>> "gateway" being to local interfaces IP is actually just saying ("Im directly
>> connected to this subnet via infterface blah"). This is the same as the '*'
>> in linux routing tables for the gateway, I assume.
>> I've never really looked at solaris routing tables, so I apologize.
>>
>> That being said, it all looks good. Perhaps some issues with the switch
>> port/vlans?
>>
>> aaron
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:28 PM, aaron d <instantkamera-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, now I am thoroughly confused.
>>>
>>> You stated in the first post that the IP of this box, on the
>>> 172.xx.236.0/23, was 172.xx.237.21, not 236.21 (note that 6 != 7)
>>>
>>> So your "gateway" is wrong for that subnet:
>>>
>>> >> 172.XX.236.0         255.255.254.0   172.XX.236.21        bnx0
>>>  1500*    0   1 U        0      0
>>>
>>> The gateway (third column) is the IP of that very HOST, on the
>>> aforementioned subnet.
>>>
>>> bnx0: flags=1000803<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
>>>>         inet 172.XX.236.21 netmask fffffe00 broadcast 172.XX.237.255
>>>>         ether 0:1c:c4:6a:bb:10
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is wrong.
>>>
>>
>>
>
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