Hi all,
I just bought a new system, but am unable to configure network on it..
am using a nge0 ethernet interface to login.
i've tried all i knew but not of the webpages seem to open.
Here is what i've done..

ifconfig nge0 plumb
ifconfig -a
(nge0) was being displayed as up and running.

opened network settings
$ network-admin

the hostname was already set.
I had to set the domain name, didnt exactly know what to give here, but as of now ive give airetelbroadband.in (airtel is my ISP).
(would like to know if it is necessary??)
then set the connection to take DHCP.
thats it.

the set my hostname in /etc/nodename
touch /etc/dhcp.nge0

but when i reboot i still cannot connect to the net!!!
Its a little urgent because this is the only OS i have right now!!
pls assist!!

Thanks

What Solaris release are you using ? (cat /etc/release)

am using 79a

If you are using nwam (the default), you shouln't have to configure anything. Actually, interfering with nwam by running ifconfig and similar commands might confuse it.

can you ping anything ?
do you have a default route (/etc/defaultrouter)
output of netstat -r

I have disabled nwam..
However i would like to know how to use nwam?

coming to the main picture...
i can ping only my host ip..
anyother ip or anyother dns is not working!!!
But i can assure you that my network interface is being detected...

$network-admin
when the window opens up, my interface is shown as active and its nge0.
it also shows up on ifconfig -a

lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
nge0: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255
ether 96:bd:ea:fc:1b:0
lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1
inet6 ::1/128

can you tell me what am doing wrong???

btw am using a on-board ethernet card from nvidia!!!
My winxp gets the ip automatically....
So i thought of setting up DHCP on solaris, when that didnt work i tried a static ip format but that didnt go as planned either

Hi all ,
I finally managed to set up network on solaris....
Thanks for all your help..

this is all i did,
ifconfig nge0 plumb
ifconfig nge0 192.168.1.57 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
and thats it...

Then i had downloaded the inetmenu packages, ran that module , however it did not work...
I thought i will give a shot at the browser, and then it worked!!!

Thanks again for all your help!!!