UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

Ok so I'm a new to Solaris (& networking) too, I have an ultra 5 and a network card weith a cross over cable going into my network card on my xp machine that has fatband going into it.

I want to utlimately get the two machines talking, I have the IP address of the XP machine but am not sure what IP address or where to get it from to use for the ultra 5.

I am getting network detections on the XP, so no connecticiy is there, just not sure how to get the right IP address

can someone assist please ?

Thanks,

Alan

Since you are using a cross over cable, the only two machines "on the network" are the two boxes on each end of the cable. Because of this you can pick any IP's you want as long as they are part of the same subnet. You can also pick any subnet mask you want. If your XP box already has an IP and subnet mask, just use an IP of 1 less or one more on the Sun box and use the same subnet mask.

For example:

XP: 10.1.1.99 mask 255.255.255.0
Sun:10.1.1.100 mask 255.255.255.0