> Well both machines have their own device addresses, and > unique IP for their > hipersocket address. Are we doing that wrong?
No, that's right. I'm thinking that WAS is parsing the interface structure, and being cranky about not having full information. I set up a test scenario like the setup you described with two WAS images on two guest lans (one HSI, one QDIO), and if I omit the /etc/hosts entry for one of the HSI interfaces, I see the same behavior as you reported. It works correctly (ie, no error) if all the interfaces are defined in /etc/hosts (and by, extension, in DNS). Still not sure why, but another data point for you. > it may very well be doing that, but again, I had the hsi > devices ahead of > the eth0 devices in the chandev.conf file during installation. > Unfortunately, I am not in a position to federatre another > pair of penguins > into a multi-cell node at the moment, and our WebSphere guy > isn't wanting > to experiment on the production system we just built.... Understandable. > > What happens if you put a name for the HSI interface into > /etc/hosts? > That didn't even occurr to me during the process of resolving > this, and > again, I'm not in a position to go off and federate a second node into > another websphere cell. See above. It does seem to work if all the interfaces are somehow resolvable via DNS or host file. Next time you have to set up a test, try making sure that all the interfaces are resolvable and see if it behaves differently for you. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390