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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

3526.0. "find address broken?" by CSC32::D_PERRIN () Fri May 10 1996 15:31

    Two related questions:
    
    1) Hubwatch/windows 4.1.1 - Apparently the "find address" function
    doesn't work for IP addresses? From DOS, I can PING a pc connected
    to a dr90c in a dh900ms(4.1.0) but "find address" always returns:
    
     "Cannot resolve IP address - station does not respond to ping"
    
    From a Hubwatch/vms 3.1 system, find address works. 
    
    2) In the bridge "forwarding database" window, the DECnet and
    MAC address buttons are useable, but IP is greyed out. Is this
    a "feature?"
    
     Thanks.
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3526.1I never got it to workPTOJJD::DANZAKPittsburgher �Mon May 13 1996 14:302
    I've *NEVER* got the "find address" to work properly on windows....sigh
    j
3526.2Help text seems to confirm thisSNOFS1::KHOOJEANNIEPoles are the best post-impressionistsTue May 14 1996 00:4540
    I agree it doesn't seem to work, and if you read the help file in
    HUBwatch v4.1.2 (below), it looks like it's a supposed "search criteria"
    but in fact HUBwatch can only find the address based on MAC or DECnet.
    Customers and myself wonder why it's left in if it never works???
    
    Jeannie
    
    Find Address (menus.hlp)
    
    Find Address searches for Ethernet stations by MAC address and 
    DECnet address. The HUBwatch software tries to find the specified 
    Ethernet station in the agents (and their associated hubs) listed in 
    the Agents file.  If no agents are specified in the file, the software 
    uses the agent currently in the hub. 
    
    To find an Ethernet station:
    
    1.	Click on Find Address.  A Find Address box appears.
    2.	Click on the Search By dropdown list box.  A list of search 
    criteria appears (MAC address, DECnet address, or IP 
    address).
    3.	Enter the information (the MAC address or DECnet address) 
    in the Search Key box.  The HUBwatch software uses this 
    information to perform the search.
    4.	Click on Find.
    5.	When the search is complete, the following information about 
    the Ethernet station is displayed in the Find Address box:
    
    �	The MAC address of the station managing the Ethernet 
    station.
    �	The IP address of the SNMP agent managing the 
    Ethernet station.
    �	The name of the community in which the Ethernet 
    station is located.
    �	The location in the hub of the module to which the 
    Ethernet station is connected.
    �	The repeater port to which the station is attached.
    
    6.	Click on Cancel to close the window.