Connecting to the web & Solaris Management Console woes ...

RuralTurtle · 10-05-2006, 03:47 PM

Hi again. I was trying to connect this Sun box to the web via a router that is attached to a cable model. All of the Wintel and Apple boxes on the network work fine w/ this router.

I couldn't get the Sun box to recognize and did some searches. One article said it would be easier to do a sys-unconfig. As this is a new machine to me, I did that & went through the standard steps.

Well, I still can't connect and even worse, the Solaris Management Console now doesn't populate. I think it's because it's trying to load the old machine name rather the new one I gave it. I see the old name flash at the bottom of the Window for a second & then nothing populates.

Did I royally screw something up? How should I connect to the web? Thanks again.

jlliagre · 10-06-2006, 12:37 AM

Please give some clue about your system and what is not working.
What H/W ? What O/S ? Fixed IP or DHCP ?

RuralTurtle · 10-06-2006, 08:50 AM

OS=Solaris 10
H/W=Sun Ultra 5, standard ethernet plugged into a LinkSys router.

I believe it's via DHCP. The problems are that I can't connect to the web & now I the management console doesn't come up properly.

Thanks.

jlliagre · 10-06-2006, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RuralTurtle

OS=Solaris 10
H/W=Sun Ultra 5, standard ethernet plugged into a LinkSys router.

I believe it's via DHCP.

You mean your are not sure ?
What says

Code:

ifconfig -a
netstat -rn
grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
cat /etc/resolv.conf

?

RuralTurtle · 10-06-2006, 12:23 PM

Thanks for the reply. I assumed it DHCP, but not positive. What's the best way to check?

# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
# netstat -rn

Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
224.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 U 1 0 lo0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 33 155219 lo0
# grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
# "hosts:" and "services:" in this file are used only if the
hosts: files
# cat /etc/resolv.conf
cat: cannot open /etc/resolv.conf

jlliagre · 10-06-2006, 03:36 PM

Well, you nic isn't enabled (plumbed in the Solaris terminology).

Try:

Code:

ifconfig -a plumb
ifconfig -a
ifconfig hme0 dhcp

Replace "hme0" by the name of the interface that should show up.

RuralTurtle · 10-06-2006, 03:54 PM

It appears the name is hme0. I did that w/o any errors. What next?

jlliagre · 10-06-2006, 04:05 PM

You may already be connected to the internet now. Run again the commands from posting #4.

RuralTurtle · 10-06-2006, 04:25 PM

Thanks again. I appreciate all your help. It doesn't appear that I am connected. The commands listed in # 4 all work well, but there isn't a file called resolv.conf.

Thanks.

jlliagre · 10-07-2006, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RuralTurtle

Thanks again. I appreciate all your help. It doesn't appear that I am connected. The commands listed in # 4 all work well

Sure, but what was their output ?

Quote:

but there isn't a file called resolv.conf.

You have to create it and put your dns server here like this:

Code:

nameserver 1.2.3.4

With 1.2.3.4 replaced by your DNS server IP address.

RuralTurtle · 10-11-2006, 04:49 PM

Thanks for the reply. The output is:

# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index
1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.101 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 8:0:20:b0:87:67
# netstat -rn

Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
192.168.1.0 192.168.1.101 U 1 11 hme0
224.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 U 1 0 lo0
default 192.168.1.1 UG 1 0 hme0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 281046022 lo0
# grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
# "hosts:" and "services:" in this file are used only if the
hosts: files
# cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.1.100#
#

jlliagre · 10-11-2006, 05:25 PM

Okay, your box is almost set.
You just need to tell it to use the DNS to resolve names.

The simpler way is:

Code:

cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf

One more thing: I don't like this tailing "#" at the end of the resolv.conf line, make sure the line has a proper termination.

RuralTurtle · 10-11-2006, 05:39 PM

Thanks again for the reply. Yeah, I put a CR/LF @ the end of the file.

I did the copy command, but I still can't logon to the web. I logged out & back in. Do I have to bring the system down?

Thanks again for all your help.

jlliagre · 10-11-2006, 06:07 PM

Is 192.168.1.100 a working DNS server ?

What says:

Code:

nslookup www.linuxquestions.org

?

RuralTurtle · 10-11-2006, 06:19 PM

That should be the DNS entry. At least that's what the routers setup page said.

The command you gave replies w/ ";; connection timed out: no servers could be reached"

Before I was able to reach the router w/ the sun box by pointing to it w/ Netscape. I now, however, get an error when I go to that IP. It reads "The connection was refused when attempting to contact 192.168.1.1"

I checked the router, it's up and running. I even rebooted it. Two WindowsXP and one MacOS machines are communicating through it w/o any trouble. Strange.

I appreciate all your help.