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Old 03-20-2007
connecting to internet from solaris 10
hi there, hope your chakras are all doing well :-)

just installed solaris 10 on my laptop, all seems fine except the internet. How can i connect on a DSL line?. spent 7 days and 3 nights trying but couldnt find the starting point....

alikun
# 2  
Old 03-20-2007
connection
There may be other ways....

but usually you would connect your pc / laptop to a router for the networking / internet capability.

-S
# 3  
Old 03-20-2007
thanks -S, thats what i do with my windows OS and it all works fine; when i try with my laptop with solaris, all dead; thought i might need some configuration stuff.
# 4  
Old 03-20-2007
Are you using a wireless connection? Or is it through a lan cable? If it is a wireless connection, you may have to dig up the Solaris drivers for that device. Otherwise, if you have a fixed IP on the net, set your IP address in Solaris to that IP. If you have a dynamic IP or are behind a router, setup a DHCP client under Solaris so that it will pick up an IP when it connects to the network.
# 5  
Old 03-21-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by alikun
How can i connect on a DSL line?
Does this help?
http://www.phildev.net/solaris/spppoe.html
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Old 03-21-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by blowtorch
Are you using a wireless connection? Or is it through a lan cable? If it is a wireless connection, you may have to dig up the Solaris drivers for that device. Otherwise, if you have a fixed IP on the net, set your IP address in Solaris to that IP. If you have a dynamic IP or are behind a router, setup a DHCP client under Solaris so that it will pick up an IP when it connects to the network.
blowtorch and Ebbi thanks both very much. I looked at the link by Ebbi and followed some other links where it says: "If your ISP has given you a router, you may not need a PPPoE client on your Linux box. DHCP may work fine". Now the solution seems with blowtorch's statetement: "If you have a dynamic IP or are behind a router, setup a DHCP client under Solaris so that it will pick up an IP when it connects to the network."

Yes, i have a router, dynamic IP and not attempting wireless at this stage (seems more complicated even though i have a wireless adaptor).

Now where can I find DHCP client on my computer?. When i open programs on my laptop using the LAUNCH icon on my task bar (with a little java coffee cup next to it on the left) I am given a menu including APPLICATIONS: here i can see Internet which gives me a sub menu of things including Internet Browser. Is that the way to proceed with DHCP?. I tried the browser but tells me couldnt copnnect.

Thanks a lot for your time
alikun
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Old 03-21-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by alikun
Now where can I find DHCP client on my computer?
Do you want the location of the binary or how to use it? Smilie

Check this out:
http://www.rite-group.com/rich/solaris_dhcp.html
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/806-5529
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