Solaris

Hi RTM, anybody,

That helps alot. I'm now a a giant leap ahead than before.
But still have not meet the solution..... I'm sure its near

- Found out that I was wrong about my NIC. Its not in HCL. But I manage to install my SMC1211TX which uses Realtek 8139 chipset/driver.
- The line for my NIC in ../devicedb/master file shows:
pci10ec,8139 pci10ec,8139 net pci none "Realtek 8139 Fast Ethernet"
Notice the "none" above. Shouldn't it be "rtls.bef" if it is installed correctly?

- Manage to see the 'rtls0' line from ifconfig -a
- My hosts file is amended to:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.1 mysun loghost
- Created /etc/hostname.rtls0 containing 192.168.0.1
- Deleted broken link /etc/netmasks and creted new containing:
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
- Created /etc/resolv.conf containing
starhub.net (my ISP)
<pri dns>
<sec dns>
- cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
( I don't think the file contents is helpful )
- Done ifconfig rtls0 plumb
- Done reboot

.... The system doesn't grab the IP from my ISP.
- The netmask has error after I run
ifconfig rtls0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
- dhcpmgr now shows my interface rtls0 unlike previously but it shows the network IP as 192.168.0.1 ( the one I set). Doesn't work. My IP should start with 202.x.x.x

I am using my pc at home. Internet is thru cable ethernet modem with dynamic IP. No router.

I can't seems to find any guide in configuring internet using dhcp as in my case. Please advice. (Don't nobody show me the sun docs link. Been there already )

Since you followed the instructions for a server that would connect where a router is used, that probably won't help. You are looking to get the IP set by dhcp. Try these instructions which are for dhcp setup.

Remember what you did to get this far in case some day you add a router.

Thanks my man RTM. U the man.
I'm writing this from my solaris10.
thanks for the tip on using router in futire.
btw, for benefit of other ppl, this may help too