Solaris

Your original post didn't mention anything about multiple interfaces ... are you actually using both ce0 and ce1? Is the ce1 interface even plugged into the network? Are they plugged into the same network with for automatic failover?

Unbeliever,..There was only one interface when I started this post. Now there are 2,.....on the same network, but no autofailover. Both are plugged in.

Are both interfaces using the same Ethernet address?

ifconfig -a

will show you all the info. If the interfaces have different IP addresses and the same ethernet address this may cause the problems you are experiencing.

Unbeliever,...all interfaces have different ethernet addresses. I changed the setting from the boot prom a while back. IPs are not the same.

To reiterate, I configured all 10 of these machine's interfaces the same way. Only 4 have this problem. After reboot, both interfaces appear to be up if you do ifconfig -a. However, they are not pingable, not can I ping out.
Only after I do the following they become accessible.

ifconfig ce0 down
ifconfig ce0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.128
ifconfig ce0 up

(same sequence for second nic which ce1)

Would creating a new startup script like S99startnet work? Will it override whatever is taking place now at startup? If so,..what can I include in this script? Yes,.....desperate measure,..but doing what I have to do as these machines will sure have to be rebooted at some point.

Creating /etc/rc2.d/S99startnet should work yes. It should contain exactly the commands you need to run from the command line to get the interfaces working.

However, in your position I would be using it only as a temporary fix in order to get things working. I would not suggest leaving it like that. You really need to find out what is causing the problem.

Pleace reply if you solve this I got the same problems a couple of times and Ive never been able to solve this with other than a reinstall of solaris