Avaya IR Install and Troubleshooting Guide - Avaya Support

Checking communications• Only traffic on the subnet to which the IR system is attached can be traced.• When traffic on the LAN is very heavy, some packets may be lost because the servercannot keep up with the flow.Nevertheless, these utilities are very helpful. You may want to seek support from your Avayasupport representative when running them.Detecting incorrect IP addresses (arp)The arp command provides information about Ethernet/IP address translation. The commandcan be used to detect systems on the LAN that are configured with an incorrect IP address.The table that follows identifes options for the arp command and their functions.Commandarp -a [unix[kmem]]arp -d hostnamearp -s hostnameether_address [temp] [pub][trail]arp -f filenameFunctionDisplay all of the current ARP entries by reading the tablefrom the file kmem (default /dev/kmem), based on thekernel file unix (default /kernel/unix )Delete an entry for the host called hostname.Note:This option may only be used by the super-user.Create an ARP entry for the host called hostname with theEthernet address ether_addressRead the file named filename and set multiple entries in theARP tablesDisplaying network statistics (netstat)The netstat command is used to display statistics about each network interface and socket,and statistics about the network routing table. Use the netstat command with the attributesshown in the table that follows.AttributeFunction-a Display the state of all sockets and all routing table entries.-f address_family Limit the statistics or address control block reports to those of thespecified family. (The address family can be inet for the AF_INET family orUNIX for the AF_UNIX family.)-g Display the multicast group memberships for all interfaces.Issue 3 March 2003 101