loopback int

[skhirbash]

One of the site routers shows that it is down on a monitoring tool. When I ping the serial(outbound) or local interface, they are dead; however, when I ping the loopback interface it responds. Does that mean there is an issue with the circuit or the serial interface?

Thanks in advance,

sK

[Jon Marshall]

sK

Are you sure that loopback is on the site router because if both interfaces appear to be dead how are you getting to the loopback ?

It could be a routing issue, have you tried tracerouting to the serial, local interface and the loopback.

Can you telnet to the loopback address and gain access to the router ?

Jon

[skhirbash]

It turned out that the service provider was doing a quick testing on the CKT and I happen to ping the loopback just seconds after they restored the CKT line.

Thanks Jon!

SK