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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Ping your own server</h1>
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<div><p>Ping the local interface to test whether packets can reach interfaces
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on your local area network (LAN).</p>
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<div class="section">For IPv4, this is the IP address of a manually configured interface.
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For IPv6, this is the IP address of an automatically or a manually configured
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interface. <p>To ping your server to troubleshoot the problem, follow these
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steps:</p>
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<ol><li><span>In iSeries™ Navigator,
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expand your <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">iSeries server</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> Network</span></span>.</span></li>
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<li><span>Right-click <span class="uicontrol">TCP/IP Configuration</span>, and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Utilities</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> Ping</span></span>.</span></li>
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<li><span>Specify the IP address or host name for one of the interfaces on
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your LAN. If you are testing by using the host name, you must select the Protocol
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for host names.</span></li>
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<li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Ping Now</span> to send the Ping. View the
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responses to your Ping in the list of results.</span></li>
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<li><span>Failures might indicate the following problems:</span>
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<thead><tr><th valign="bottom" align="left" id="d0e56-option">Problem</th>
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<th valign="bottom" align="left" id="d0e56-desc">Recovery</th></tr></thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e56-option" id="d0e63"><strong>The TCP/IP stack has not been activated on your server.</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e56-desc d0e63">At the command line, type STRTCP to start the stack.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e56-option" id="d0e68"><strong>The local host table does not have an entry for the host
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name and IP address.</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e56-desc d0e68">You need to add the entry to the host
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table. This is only relevant for IPv4 because host tables do not currently
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support IPv6. To verify the host table entries, follow these steps:<ol type="a"><li>In iSeries Navigator,
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expand your <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">iSeries server</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> Network</span></span>.</li>
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<li>Right-click <span class="uicontrol">TCP/IP Configuration</span> and select <span class="uicontrol">Host
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Table</span>.</li>
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<li>Verify that the host table contains an entry for the host name and IP
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address.</li>
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</ol>
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</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e56-option" id="d0e95"><strong>Your line description or local interface has not been properly
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configured.</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e56-desc d0e95">The line should be varied on, and the interface
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should be started.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e56-option" id="d0e100"><strong>If you are using IPv6, the IPv6 stack has
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not been activated on your server.</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e56-desc d0e100">You can start IPv6 by
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specifying *YES for the STRIP6 parameter on the STRTCP (Start TCP/IP) command.
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If TCP/IP has already been started, you will need to end and restart TCP/IP.
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At the command line, type ENDTCP (End TCP/IP) to end TCP/IP. To restart
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TCP/IP and the IPv6 stack, type STRTCP STRIP6(*YES) at the command line.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Through
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ending TCP/IP, you end all Telnet sessions and all TCP/IP servers that are
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running.</div>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e56-option" id="d0e107"><strong>If you are trying to ping an IPv6 address, the interface's
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lifetime might have expired.</strong></td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e56-desc d0e107">Check the status of the interface.
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If the lifetime has expired, the interface will not be active.</td>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakupingiseriesnav.htm" title="You can use Ping from iSeries Navigator to test your TCP/IP connectivity.">Ping from iSeries Navigator</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzakupingerrors.htm" title="Use these common error messages to find out how to resolve the errors.">Common error messages</a></div>
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