How to setup the internet on sun solaris

[maryam421]

Hi,
I am trying to access the internet via sun solaris. The setting is as follows:
Linksys router is used and the unix box is connected to that router. I also have a nt server connected to the router. I can ping and telnet to sun box. On NT box I can access the internet. While from sun box I can not access the interenet. It is giving me proxy error. When I go to proxy page the setting looks ok. Like HTTP is the router ip address and port is 23.

Please help.
Thanks

 

[bfitzmai]

Place the IP address for the router into a file called /etc/defaultrouter. Make sure your subnet mask matches the subnet mask for the PC and router. You should be able to see the Sun's subnet mask by using ifconfig -a.

 

[maryam421]

I did that and got the following
flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.105 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255


I am unable to understand what is 192.168.0.255 ip adress. It is out of range to my router dhcp server.
I already put an entry in default router. I can talnet the server from anywhere even outside of the network.
Please help.
Thanks

 

[comtec17]

You will need to have your default gateway address in a file called /etc/defaultrouter like bfitz recommended. Then you will need to create a file called resolv.conf in /etc. In this file you will need to put in the name of your domain (any name) and then the nameserver (dns) addresses of you ISP. For example:
domain my domain
nameserver 19.1.1.1
nameserver 19.1.1.2

Then copy the /etc/nsswitch.dns file to /etc/nsswitch.conf, you can do it like this:
cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf

You should then be able to access the net.

 

[maryam421]

Did that but still no luck. When I try to ping any url, I am getting an error saying unknown hosts. Like ping

http://www.hotmail.com.

I can ping ipadress within the network.
One more thing after creating thease files do I need to reboot the server?
Thanks

 

[daFranze]

you need to setup DNS resolve.conf and switch on DNS in /etc/nsswitch.conf

hosts: files dns

Configure your Browser as "directly connected to the internet"...



Best Regards, Franz
--
Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years

 

[bfitzmai]

192.168.0.255: this is not an IP address it is the broadcast address... What is the router's IP Address: It should be 192.168.0.xxx. Can you ping the router from the Sun Workstation? If not, what error messages are you getting. Can you ping the router from you NT Box?

 

[maryam421]

Thanks for all your help. I was missing dns entery in nsswitch.conf.
Once again thaks.

 

[phoneman57]

I just loaded solaris 10 and would like to surf the net. I have a hayes external modem and my ISP is earthlink. Can anyone help me?

 

[galger]

soup or salad?

 

[galger]

oops??