Default Routes and DNS

[markharvey]

Hi there, I have a sun e450 server running solaris 2.6 on my LAN we also have a DNS server and a 500kb kilostream line to the internet what i want to do is give the sun server access to the internet !!!
I presume you put a default route in the route table for the DNS server and the router but could someone give me a few examples of the command that is if i have that right if not could someone put me right

Thanks Mark

 

[grega]

You can put the IP address of your default router in the file /etc/defaultrouter.

In general, to add the IP of the default router to the routing table, the command would be something like;

route add default <ip-address> 2

Look at the man page for the route command if your not sure. Personally, I use the /etc/defaultrouter file.

Greg.

 

[cratylus]

Coupla other things to keep in mind.
routing is obviously important.
resolving can be just as critical. two other files you'll need to look
at are /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf. resolv.conf tells your
system what dns servers to use. most *basic* format is:

nameserver 111.222.333.444

nsswitch.conf tells your system *how* to resolve. in the
hosts entry, I usually have it like this:

hosts files dns

I assume you're not running nis(+), because if you are, then you
should just ask the guy in charge of it about this stuff.

i typically also put commonly-visited hosts in /etc/hosts. makes
lookups faster.