[foxboro] 2nd Ethernet problem

Hi List,
I am having problems getting a 2nd ethernet port on an AW-51B working aft=
er
an IP address change.  The plant upgraded their switches and all machines=

were assigned new IP addresses, netmasks and default routers.  I changed
the configuration of the 2nd ethernet port (le2) online using the ifconfi=
g
command (IP address and netmask) and everything worked fine for a couple =
of
weeks.  I also changed the hosts file and the defaultrouter file.  I did
not change the netmasks file.  A couple of days ago the machine had to be=

rebooted and since then the 2nd ethernet port has not worked at all.  Can=
't
ping anything.

In doing some checking I discovered a hostname.le1 file and no hostname.l=
e2
file. The machine has 3 ethernet ports but we have always used le2 as the=

external connection.  I don't know where the hostname.le1 file came from.=
 =

I changed its name to hostname.le2 and rebooted but this did not correct
the problem.   I then noticed that the netmask was not what I had set it =
to
a couple of weeks ago and realized I had not changed the netmasks file.  =
So
I changed that and rebooted.  Still doesn't work.  If I check the setup
with ifconfig -a, everything appears ok except both ports appear the have=

the same MAC address.  However I am pretty sure I remember that being the=

case ever since the 2nd ethernet port was originally setup many years ago=
. =

To check the cable and switch, I connected my notebook computer to the
patch cord and it was able to ping other machines ok.

I figure that I have missed something on the setup of this port but can't=

figure out what.  I suppose that the ethernet card could have gone bad bu=
t
that seems unlikely.  If I can't fix it soon, I will try to use le1 but
that is not a twisted pair card so I will have to find an adapter.  Any
suggestions?  Thanks for your help.

Cyrus Taft
EPRI I&C Center
 
 
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