hi all,

how do i change the routing info and make sure i will be able to connect remotely?

any ideas please?

thanks in advance.

hi all,

how do i make sure that the new routing should take effect on the os memory? what should i run after i add all the new "route add ....".

I have an example below:


bash-2.03# netstat -rn

Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
192.168.2.0 192.168.2.50 U 1 7 hme0
224.0.0.0 192.168.2.50 U 1 0 hme0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 12 lo0


I need to add a default route with 192.168.2.167 and it should take effect on the os right away w/o reboot. How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

use route add command for the default gateway.
Login as root and fire:
#route add default 192.168.2.167
The ouput will be:
#add net default: gateway 192.168.2.167

Then do netstat -rn as usual and also try to ping thru the gateway out to some host.

Make the changes permanent so that they are available after booting too.
#vi /etc/defaultrouter
AND append IP address: 192.168.2.167

sorry the server can't be rebooted.

how do you change the default route on solaris 8 effective immediately? what command should you issue.

thanks in advance.

There is a rc2 script (something like S69route) that will help to keep it consistent across reboots
The only way is to use the routeadd command, edit defaultrouter and add an entry in the rc startup script. Stop/start the network daemon.. (it should not take long) You can do it off peak hours as there will be a lag in the network similarly when you change the speed/duplex settings only.

As mentioned in the earlier post `route add` command will have an immediate effect i.e without rebooting.
Then I mentioned to edit the file to make it permanent so that it is available even after reboot.