11-16-2005 06:53 PM - edited 03-03-2019 12:49 AM
My switches is still operating but when i ping the switch, there isn't any reply. Expert please advice.
11-16-2005 07:26 PM
David
There are several things that might produce the symptoms that you describe. Without some more details it is difficult to know which one it might be. Some of the possibilities include:
- the switches may not have an IP address assigned. The switch will still do an excellent job of forwarding frames at layer 2, but without an IP address it can not respond to ping.
- the switch may have an IP address but there is some error in configuration of the address (perhaps a misconfigured mask, or a keying error in the address). This would not impact the switch ability to function at layer 2 but would not allow it to respond to ping etc.
- the switch may not be configured with a default gateway (or configured with an error about the default gateway). This would allow the switch to respond at layer 3 within its own subnet but not able to respond to anything outside its subnet.
- the switch may have its IP address assigned for management purposes, but the address may be associated with a VLAN which has no active ports and therefore is inactive and can not respond.
- there might be an access list assigned somewhere that is not permitting the ping.
There could be some other things. If you can provide some more details, like what kind of switches are we talking about, and some details of how the switches are configured we may be able to find better answers.
HTH
Rick
11-16-2005 10:12 PM
Hi
in addition to Rick's post i found similar post inline with the same kinda problem and came to know about a bug floating around which could also be a possible reason.
You mite want to look the link below for more info..
http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/support/tac/tools.shtml
Bug id : CSCdx26212
Fixed in 12.1(9)EA1c, 12.1(9)EA1d, 12.1(9)EA01d, 12.1(11)EA01
regds
11-17-2005 06:18 PM
Hi Rick, thank you for your support.
The model of the switch is C2950-24-EI, IOS 12.1(6)EA2, the switch is configured with IP address, it was able to ping after reboot but the ping only last for a period of 1 day.
Configuration wise is no problem, all address are valid.
No VLAN being configured
No access list being assigned
11-17-2005 11:13 PM
Hi
would suggest to upgrade the ios code to any of the codes mentioned in my previous post..
regds
11-18-2005 06:05 AM
David
If it responds to ping after a reboot and then after a day it stops responding, it certainly seems less likely that it is a configuration issue. It does seem to point more to a software bug. An update to the software would seem to be the best answer.
HTH
Rick
05-09-2013 10:21 AM
Just a late late late response....
I had the issue of not being able to access a 2950 that was set up on a tunnel spoke, from the hub. No pings or snmp. My solution was to assign a default gateway.
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