yes it has been edited. the netmasks file contains the ff: 192.168.7.0 255.255.255.0
the ifconfig -a result is attached. thanks, -----Original Message----- From: hajime suzuci [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Solaris-Users mailing list' Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] setting dns and gateway Did you edit /etc/inet/netmasks ? "192.x.x.x" means C Class Address, so ifconfig would configure the netmask as "255.255.255.0" and the broadcast as "192.168.7.255" automaticaly. Can you show me your "ifconfig -a" ? Angelyn V. Dilim wrote: > still the same i tried restarting again then invoked the command ifconfig -a > no ip is set again > > i just wonder invoking ifconfig -a the broadcast is 192.255.255.255 > > it think there's a mistake on some thing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hajime suzuci [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Solaris-Users mailing list > Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] setting dns and gateway > > > Hi Angelyn, > > You still miss one file. > You have to edit /etc/inet/ipnodes. Solaris 10 has own name in it. > Try write following into /etc/inet/ipnodes: > > 192.168.7.19 solaris10 > > And restart your machine to use the hostname "solaris10". > > Regards, > hajime > > > Angelyn V. Dilim wrote: > >>Dear Expert's, >> >>How can I be able to set a gateway and dns on my solaris 10 machine. I >>already configured the the IP address by using the ff: command; >> >>ifconfig elxl0 plumb 192.168.7.19 netmasks 255.255.255.0 broadcast + up >> >>I wonder why everytime I restart my test machine, an x86 running solaris > > 10 > >>the IP address always disappear thus need to set again the IP address. I >>already edited the /etc/hosts and put the IP address of my solaris10 > > machine > >>then I created a file called hostname.elxl0 wherein elxl0 is my interface >>name and put on that file the name of my test machine as "solaris10". Any >>idea what configuration is still needed or missing? >> >>Thanks, >>Angelyn >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Solaris-Users mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users > >
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