Hi all,

Can anyone please tell me how to setup internet on solaris10, b72?

I own an airtel broadband, with a beetel 220BXI modem.
I am new to solaris so was wondering as to how it can be done?

Thanks

Can you tell more about what these things are and how do you connect them ?

wifi ? ethernet ?

i connect through ethernet

Then just use dhcp and you are done, assuming your NIC is supported.

hi, sorry to bump, but it is relevant...

I am also needing a pointer in the right direction...

I have just installed Solaris for the very first time (Solaris 10), and am having difficulty setting up IP numbers and gateway.

The Network card I assume is correctly installled (as the icon appears in the bottom right hand corner).

I have Googled this issue and have pretty much followed instructions as to how to change the settings, but one issue I can't follow is changing the /etc/defaultrouter as this file doesn't exist on my system.

Is there no GUI to easily change this? or have i been using Windows for too long??

I've also seen comments that I should run user/sbin/sys-unconfig but not sure how to even do this...

SO... any help (ideally step by step instructions) would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

Edit : I will be using static IP's, not DHCP, the setup will be

PC's IP = 172.26.0.44
Router/Gateway = 172.26.0.1

Thanks

if the file is not existent... touch it... edit it... and you are done!

you need this files:
/etc/hostname.*name of your nic* (put the mashine name in this file)
/etc/hosts (enter the ip and the mashinename in ONE row)
/etc/defaultrouter (put the ip of your router in the file)

reboot the mashine and see if it works!

hi, yes, im nearly there, had to create the file (defaultrouter) with the echo command

now i also see the ip number of the machine in the network icon, but need to change the subnet to 255.255.255.0

i cant manage to get that changed so that it appears correctly in the window when i double click on the network icon, the ip is there, but the subnet appears as 255.0.0.0 instead of 255.255.255.0

the netmasks has been change to

172.26.0.44 255.255.255.0
is this right?