Greetings, and thank you for your time.

I am cracking the whip to self-teach myself Unix because I think it will be the best platform for me to really open my mind and be creative. Sadly I lack anyone experienced in Unix to nag with questions, so you will be seeing a lot of me here I am sure =]. I have searched these forums (and spent many hours on the web..) for similar questions but have yet to find my answer. I do not doubt my answer is out there, but there is so much information out on the web for Unix it can be a bit overwhelming finding the answer to one specific question, so here goes...

Unfortunately I have not gotten very far, I have a Unix box without Internet access at the moment… that’s like a TV without cable .

At home I currently have a cable modem being fed into a windows 2000 server with two NIC's acting as a domain controller, DHCP server, NAT gateway, and DNS server.

I have a second system behind the windows 2000 NAT running XP Pro and (hopefully) Solaris 9. I use a mobile HD rack and two HD's in order to change operating systems.

When running XP, the 2000 machine uses DHCP to assign a private IP, subnet mask, gateway (IP of the 2000 machine), and DNS server (IP of the 2000 machine). Works like a charm.


When installing Solaris 9, I am asked for this information as well, except the Solaris installer cannot find the network and spits back an error every time I complete the network settings bit. I have tried it multiple times using static IP settings and DHCP settings to no avail. I have yet to be able to ping my 2000 server from the Unix box. HELP! =)

Perhaps I am ignorant, but when the Unix installer asks for the domain name, I am presuming this is the name of my windows 2000 domain? I find it hard to believe that a Unix box *requires* a domain so perhaps I need some direction here =).

Here are the specifics:

2000 server:
NIC #1: IP, subnet, ect. is all assigned by ISP via DHCP
NIC #2: Static IP 192.168.1.10, subnet 255.255.255.0, DNS127.0.0.1

DHCP assigns IP’s 192.168.1.200 – 192.168.1.210, subnet 255.255.255.0, default gateway 192.168.1.10, DNS server 192.168.1.10, DHCP server 192.168.1.10

Solaris box:
DHCP enabled. DNS enabled (asks for domain, I input my windows 2000 domain name). Error reaching host. I input the IP of my 2000 server for any prompts.

I’ll monitor this thread if you have any questions I did not cover. Thanks all!
-Ubernoob