HP-UX Mobile IPv4 A.03.01 Administrator's Guide
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Mobile Node Registration and De-registration Problems
If the Mobile Node is not registering, check for entries in the syslog file (the default file
is /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log) with the Mobile Node’s address on the Home Agent.
If you are using Foreign Agent Care-of Addresses, also check the syslog file on the
Foreign Agent. Use the following command to view Mobile IPv4 records in the syslog
file:
mipadmin -logevents
Check for the following errors, described in the subsections that follow:
• ERROR: registration_process: failed to get link addr from Registration
Request
Refer to “Home or Foreign Agent Cannot Get the Mobile Node’s Link Address (failed
to get link addr)” on page 99
• WARN: Bad MN-HA authenticator
Refer to “Mobile Nodes with Incorrect IP Address or SPI (authentication failed due
to unknown MN)” on page 100
• ERROR: HA: authentication failed due to unknown MN
Refer to “Non-AAA Authentication Errors on the Home Agent (Bad MN-HA
authenticator)” on page 101.
• HME_AUTH_FAIL or FOR_AUTH_FAIL
Refer to “AAA Authentication Errors (HME_AUTH_FAIL, FOR_AUTH_FAIL)” on
page 102
• gethostbyname() failed, gethostbyaddr() failed, No AAA Distributed
FA-HA security, HME_IDENT_MISMATCH
Refer to “AAA Registration Fails because IP Name or Address Resolution Fails
(gethostbyname() failed, gethostbyaddr() failed)” on page 103
• Unrecognized extension or Unrecognized subtype
Refer to “AAA Registration Fails because of AAA Key Extension Type or Subtype
Mismatch (Unrecognized extension, Unrecognized subtype)” on page 105
• No error log entries, but the Mobile Nodes are unable to register: refer to“Mobile
Node is not Attempting to Register or De-register” on page 106