SCO On the internet?

[gerald]

Hi, a real SCO rookie here. <br><br>Right now, I have an NT file server, and a Windows 2000 server acting as a router for our DSL internet connection in our office.<br><br>We also have SCO OpenServer, and I am able to connect to all of the local computers, including the router.<br><br>However, we are unable to ping anything that is not local with SCO.<br><br>I believe I tried setting the default gateway to the IP number of the router, but that did not seem to work. Maybe I did not do it right.<br><br>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Gerald<br>

 

[Annihilannic]

Gerald,<br><br>I assume you have tried the following command:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/etc/route add default 1.2.3.4 <br><br>where 1.2.3.4 is the IP address of your gateway?<br><br>If you haven't, and that works, create a script called S99route in your /etc/rc2.d directory containing:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;echo &quot;Configuring default route.&quot;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/etc/route add default 1.2.3.4 2&gt;&1 &gt; /dev/null<br><br>and your default routing will be configured each time the machine is booted.&nbsp;&nbsp;Make sure you 'chmod 755' it so that it is executable.<br><br>I recently saw a script called /etc/rc2.d/S99iproute on a SCO box - can anyone tell me whether this is an effort (finally) on SCO's part to simplify the configuration of a default route?&nbsp;&nbsp;It appeared to be using /etc/routes as a config script?<br><br>Annihilannic.

 

[abovebrd]

I beleive the /etc/rc2.d/S99iproute does serve this purpose. I have found that if I remove my S99route script that the default gateway only updates about 50 percent of the time after a reboot. I think this has to do with the timing and execution of another process or proccesses.<br><br>This has just my experience. <br><br> <p>Danny Daniels<br><a href=mailto:dannyd@aboveboardelectronics.com>dannyd@aboveboardelectronics.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>