Re: Connection question

is the IPX protocol installed on your box? Chances are it isn't. t_open is (according to man) the C function that 'establishes a transport endpoint'. the error 21 is 'TBADNAME Invalid transport provider name.' so, probably not installed protocol brett Don Cutting wrote: > > We are running a server under AIX4.2 and IFX 7.30-UC8. One of our > vendors needs us to use the ontlispx nettype. We have this set in our > sqlhost file, however when we go and set up the onconfig in the > DBSERVERALIASES and the NETTYPE we get the following error. > > 05:32:05 NSF putlocal: t_open error: t_errno = 21, errno = 2. > > 05:32:05 listener-thread: err = -27100: oserr = 2: errstr = :> Internal Communications Error: NSF subsystem error. > System error = 2. > 05:32:05 Attempting to bring listener thread down> > I have contacted our Unix Admin and requested he look at this as well. > Thought I would pass this by the group and see if any one had any > suggestions, while I wait for my Admin to come in and Informix Tech > support to open up. > > Thanks > > Donald Cutting > Systems Analyst / D.B.A. II > A. N. Deringer, Inc. > (802)524-8172 > http://www.anderinger.com > Our Service Recommends Us -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett's 11th law of UNIX administration... Users think that Y2K was a non-event... well... They havn't got our overtime bills yet :) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Geer - UNIX Admin/Analyst/Programmer - Intratex Holdings. Tel. +27 31 717 4000 Direct. +27 31 717 4146 Fax. +27 31 717 4001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The little voices are talking to me again, telling me to reach for a keyboard and type rm -rf /* last week they had me rm -rf `echo $MANPATH | sed 's/:/ /g'` now I fear I have no answers -----------------------------------------------------------------