True Mark, but the real life situation is I believe it is the server config
problem but the NT administrator thinks it is the network problem. By
narrowing the scope of the troubleshooting, they will have nothing to say.
Thanks.
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> In a message dated 9/17/00 8:42:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> << Can a secondary IP be assigned to a Catalyst switch SC0 interface
> temporarily?
> If so, once I logon (by console/telnet) to the switch, I can troubleshoot
> the connectivity to an attached PC/server by pinging its IP address
> (assuming the secondary IP temporarily added is the same subnet as this
> PC/server IP address.)
> This will help troubleshooting the functionality of the TCPIP stack of the
> PC/server, don't you think?
> >>
>
> Hey,
> Instead of going through all of this what I think you could do is
try
> to ping the server from a router that is on the other side of the switch.
It
> would make it through the switch because it (as you know) uses layer 2.
This
> way you could test how it would probably run in a real world situation:
> PC-switch, switch-router, router-switch, switch to server. I don't
> know...this is how I would do it...I would also place a sniffer on one of
the
> lines to break down the TCP/IP stack like you wanted. Hope I helped a
> little...Good luck. ;)
>
> Mark Zabludovsky ~ CCNA, CCDA
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