- Printer Owner's Guide

Network Problems
Network Problems
Overview
If you are having trouble with your network, locate the problem
in this section.
DEVNAM NI
Error Message
If an error message is displayed next to the identifer NI in the
DEVNAM column of the system startup display or in the show
device
display, see Table 13–20.
Table 13–20 Resolving NI Network Errors
Possible Cause Corrective Action
No Ethernet loopback
connector or cable was
installed.
Attach the Ethernet loopback
terminator shipped with your system.
See Figure 3–4 or Figure 4–2.
Terminator is missing from
network.
Check to see if a ThinWire cable was
removed. If so, replace the cable with a
terminator.
Ethernet cable connection is
loose.
Check that all connections on the
Ethernet segment are secure.
Incorrect network type. Use the
set ethernet command
described in Chapter 5 to make sure
that the Ethernet type is set correctly.
Busy network. Repeat
test ni several times. If test
continues to fail, connect loopback
connector as shown in Figure 4–2,
and run test again. If error message
appears, see Chapter 13
.
Unable to Boot
from Network
If you are unable to boot from the network, but there is no error
message on the system startup display, see Table 13–21.
13–26 Identifying a Problem