Solaris

route add default 192.***.*.* gives me:

add net default: gateway 192.***.*.*: Network is unreachable

"route add defaultrouter 192.***.*.*"

error message is
defaultrouter: bad value

i reinstalled solaris from the dvd and this time i configured it for networked cause originally i had it for non-networked. i also originally had it for DHCP which was causing my machine to obtain an ip from the router automatically but at the same time i was putting in my ip address manually so thats where i think it was conflicting(not sure though). so this time i configured solaris without dhcp. i then mounted rtls onto /kernel/drv and proceeded with porter's last advice. now i've got rtls0 up and i can ping outside to the internet and locally as well, but when i try to connect through my browser it gives me a "cannot connect, try a different name" error.

I hope you choose "DNS" as the name resolving mechanism.

Post the results of

Code:

nslookup www.unix.com

and the contents of "/etc/resolv.conf"

and the contents of "/etc/nsswitch.conf"

no i didnt, and now if i can see the web only if i type in the ip address. it cant find the web page if i put in the url, please tell me theres a way i can enable dns without having to reinstall unix....

*i can see the web only if i type in the ip address.

What does nslookup print out?

This should tell you everything you need to know...Solaris DNS Client (resolver)

Concentrate on

/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf