[netperf-talk] netserver fails to establish endpoint

[Edward Collins]

#
#
#
#
# find / -name netserver
/opt/netperf/bin/netserver
/netperf-2.4.5/src/netserver
# ./netserver
Starting netserver at port 12865
set_up_server could not establish a listen endpoint for  port 12865 with family
AF_UNSPEC
# reboot
Shutdown at 14:42 (in 0 minutes)

        *** FINAL System shutdown message from root at RX4640_10506-A12 ***

System going down IMMEDIATELY

System shutdown time has arrived
logout root

Just after a system reboot:
(the netstat output looks the same on the working and failing systems)


HP-UX RX4640_10506-A12 B.11.31 U ia64 (ta)

login: root
Password:
Last successful login:       Fri Aug 13 14:16:55 PDT 2010 d5129av9vtrkm1.qlogic.

# netstat -an | grep 12865
tcp        0      0  *.12865                *.*                     LISTEN

# cd netperf
# cd bin
# ./netserver
Starting netserver at port 12865
set_up_server could not establish a listen endpoint for  port 12865 with family
AF_UNSPEC
#

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Jones [mailto:rick.jones2 at hp.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:36 PM
To: Edward Collins
Cc: netperf-talk at netperf.org
Subject: Re: [netperf-talk] netserver fails to establish endpoint

Edward Collins wrote:
> Has anyone else seen this error? I am setting up two systems for use and the
> first one does the binding OK but the second one shows this.  Ver 2.4 
> netperf
> 
> # ./netserver
> 
> Starting netserver at port 12865
> 
> set_up_server could not establish a listen endpoint for  port 12865 with 
> family AF_UNSPEC

before you try to start netserver, what does:

netstat -an | grep 12865

show?

happy benchmarking,

rick jones