Well I guess that was the complete problem was the resolv.conf file It should look like:
nameserver (actual name server) in my case I used a comcast one that I found online 4.2.2.1 so nameserver 4.2.2.1 nameserver 4.2.2.2 Now I feel a smidgeon smarter because I finally, finally, finally got my wireless card working in solaris 10, after a couple weeks. If anyone else is having a problem with a dlink dwl g520 wifi card maybe I can help while it's still all fresh in my brain. Thank you to James Cornell for putting up with this extreme n00bness. When you come from a windows environment to an ubuntu environment to a solaris 10 environment it's a HUGE jump!!! Thanks all. On 9/25/07, Matt Day <matthew.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote: > > # cat resolv.conf > nameserver 192.168.1.253 > nameserver 192.168.1.254 > > I was trying to figure out what should go there. When I nslookup localhost > from my vista box it looks like this: > > C:\Users\me>nslookup localhost > Server: home > Address: 192.168.1.254:53 > > Name: localhost.gateway.2wire.net > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > > I was having a hard time figuring out what exactly the name name server my > router uses. I thought dhcp should choose that for me? I'm really a beginner > at anything networking related. > > > On 9/25/07, James Cornell <sparcdr at sparcdr.com> wrote: > > > > Matt Day wrote: > > > I finally got my dlink dwl g520 card working by using the v1.0 drivers > > > like this, > > > > > > wificonfig -i ath0 connect 2WIRE432 > > > > > > and then dhcp started like this: > > > > > > ifconfig ath0 dhcp > > > > > > but now, I can visit sites by using their IP address, but I can't > > > visit sites using their qualified domain name. What am I missing? > > > > > > when I ping it looks like this: > > > > > > ping yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com > > > > ping: unknown host yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com> > > > > > > ping 216.109.112.135 < http://216.109.112.135> (<- a yahoo.com > > > <http://yahoo.com> ip address) > > > 216.109.112.135 < http://216.109.112.135> is alive > > > > > > and in the web browser I can get to google by typing 72.14.207.99 > > > < http://72.14.207.99> (a google ip) but I cannot get to google by > > > typing in google.com <http://google.com> > > > > > > This has been a huge learning adventure > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/25/07, *Matt Day* <matthew.scott.day at gmail.com > > > <mailto:matthew.scott.day at gmail.com >> wrote: > > > > > > Awesome! That worked. Now to keep figuring out how to get the wifi > > > card installed. > > > > > > Thanks for your help > > > > > > > > > On 9/25/07, *James Cornell* < sparcdr at sparcdr.com > > > <mailto:sparcdr at sparcdr.com>> wrote: > > > > > > Matt Day wrote: > > > > The version 6 driver package seems to install fine. When I > > > echo $PATH > > > > I get sbin as well now. Still no ath0 device or any ath > > > devices for > > > > that matter. > > > > > > > > When I tail dmesg I get > > > > > > > > WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'ath' > > > > WARNING: ath: > > > > unable to resolve dependency, module 'misc/net80211' not > > found > > > > > > > > Also as a total n00b question, I still don't seem to > > > understand how to > > > > install a package. I'm inside the directory that contains > > the > > > install > > > > directory, and the reloc directory, and the pkginfo file and > > the > > > > pkgmap file, and I type this: pkgadd -d . SUNWatheros and I > > > get this > > > > message: > > > > > > > > pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in > > > > </dlink_drivers/20070925_125628/ath-0.1-pkg/SUNWatheros> > > > > > > > > How do I install a package when I have those files? I > > haven't > > > been > > > > able to figure that out yet, either that or the packages for > > the > > > > dlink g520 driver aren't good? Or I'm a total retard? > > > > > > > > Please help > > > > > > > > On 9/25/07, *James Cornell* <sparcdr at sparcdr.com > > > <mailto:sparcdr at sparcdr.com > > > > > <mailto: sparcdr at sparcdr.com <mailto:sparcdr at > > > sparcdr.com>>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Default install of Solaris does not set PATH to see sbin > > or > > > > non-core bin directories. You also need to be root by > > > using the > > > > 'su' command as network control needs access to the > > > device. You > > > > also need to put the plumb argument at the end of the > > > ifconfig > > > > command, eg: ifconfig ath0 plumb. You should also check > > > dmesg for > > > > the device by using 'grep' to find "ath". > > > > > > > > > > > > James > > > > On Sep 24, 2007, at 7:47 PM, Matt Day wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > >> From: *Matt Day* < matthew.scott.day at gmail.com > > > <mailto:matthew.scott.day at gmail.com> > > > >> <mailto: matthew.scott.day at gmail.com > > > <mailto:matthew.scott.day at gmail.com>>> > > > >> Date: Sep 24, 2007 6:51 PM > > > >> Subject: dlink dwl g520 card and ath > > > >> To: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > >> <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > > > >> > > > >> Using the version 6 driver, I get as far as ifconfig > > > ath0 plumb > > > >> and then get this message: > > > >> > > > >> ifconfig: plumb: ath0: No such file or directory > > > >> > > > >> I'm a total n00b at this stuff but really want to learn > > > what's > > > >> going on. > > > >> > > > >> Using the version 5 driver, I can't seem to install the > > > package. > > > >> It's not just one file like the version 6 is, it's a > > > directory > > > >> with a few files in it, and I can't seem to install the > > > package > > > >> at all. Please help. > > > >> > > > >> Matt > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> laptop-discuss mailing list > > > >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org> > > > >> <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A package is installed from /var/spool/pkg with no arguments > > > to pkgadd, > > > or it can be installed from the current working directory by > > using > > > 'pkgadd -d .' Using the package name as an argument will not > > > work. > > > Simply try 'pkgadd -d' . instead. > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > cat /etc/resolv.conf to make sure dns entries are there > > > > James > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20070925/5cdcdcc6/attachment.html>
