Internet setup on Solaris

Roger Rabbis Clone · 04-28-2010, 12:52 AM

ok sorry about that. but serriously wtf. thats crazy. the OS sent me mail, instead of an error message. i kinda like that.

ANYHOO

so i just installed solaris 10 on this crappy sony vaio desktop i got. i have no experience in linux other then a couple months with ubuntu 8.10.

i just got done with a fresh install, and im trying to connect to the internet, (browse pages etc) but i cannot connect or ping the router IP. im at my house, i have an att router, 1 mac, 2 windows comps already connected.

ive tried:
#vi /etc/nsswitch.conf

i have no idea what it does. but it seemed to help several other people.i typed that in "console" which im assuming is like terminal on mac and CMD on windows. is anybody else having this problem? do i have to set this up manually? im used to windows and apple doing it for me i think i forgot how.

really, i want to learn, but i need to be connected to the internet. im at the library typing this. kinda a pain. thanks in advance

ripp3r · 04-28-2010, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger Rabbis Clone

ok sorry about that. but serriously wtf. thats crazy. the OS sent me mail, instead of an error message. i kinda like that.

ANYHOO

so i just installed solaris 10 on this crappy sony vaio desktop i got. i have no experience in linux other then a couple months with ubuntu 8.10.

i just got done with a fresh install, and im trying to connect to the internet, (browse pages etc) but i cannot connect or ping the router IP. im at my house, i have an att router, 1 mac, 2 windows comps already connected.

ive tried:
#vi /etc/nsswitch.conf

i have no idea what it does. but it seemed to help several other people.i typed that in "console" which im assuming is like terminal on mac and CMD on windows. is anybody else having this problem? do i have to set this up manually? im used to windows and apple doing it for me i think i forgot how.

really, i want to learn, but i need to be connected to the internet. im at the library typing this. kinda a pain. thanks in advance

Sorry but I didn't understand what SO do you have now...

anyway the code
[code]vi /etc/nsswitch.conf[/conf]

Just open the file nsswitch in your shell (is a text editor), you can also do nano instead of vi.

Tell me what's your SO and maybe I can help you.

grail · 04-28-2010, 01:20 AM

I could be wrong, as he typed it twice, but I think the question is: What OS are you running?

To which the answer is:
From OP:

Quote:

so i just installed solaris 10

If i am wrong on either side i apologise

ripp3r · 04-28-2010, 02:42 AM

So if you're under solaris you can run this command:

Code:

ifconfig -a

This list every network interface that you have.

Next you can try this command:

Code:

ifconfig eth0

And to set up a static IP-Address:

Code:

ifconfig eth0 (or the name of your network interface) yourIP netmask yourMASK up

Now the gateway:

Code:

route add -net yourNETWORKip(it ends with 0, for example 192.168.1.0) -netmask yourMASK yourROUTERipADDRESS METRIC (usually 1)

Now the DNS:

Code:

nano (or vi) /etc/resolv.conf

Add these lines:

Code:

domain IFyourISPhasAdomainNAME
nameserver dnsPRIMARYipADDRESS
nameserver dnsSECONDARYipADDRESS

And just to have an idea about network configuration under solaris, take a look here:

http://solaris-x86.org/documents/tut.../network.mhtml

and here:

http://adminschoice.com/solaris-network-configuration

pixellany · 04-28-2010, 08:35 AM

Title fixed and thread moved to Solaris

(Solaris is not Linux)

jlliagre · 04-28-2010, 09:03 AM

Ok so please let start that from the beginning.

Is there another OS installed on you vaio or is this the only one there ?

Roger Rabbis Clone · 04-28-2010, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pixellany

Title fixed and thread moved to Solaris

(Solaris is not Linux)

solaris isnt linux?? i just kinda figured everything that isnt mac or windows was some kind of linux. sorry about the mis-posting and the title.

yes i am running solaris 10, no there is not another OS running, thank you guy, i will try this tonight and let you know.

thanks for the link ripp3r

jlliagre · 04-28-2010, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger Rabbis Clone

i will try this tonight and let you know.

thanks for the link ripp3r

Beware that theses links are slightly outdated/obsolete and thus part of their information won't apply nor help.

If you have installed Solaris 10 but weren't prompted for network configuration, that means your NIC is unsupported out of the box. As this seems to be a laptop, you might have better luck with OpenSolaris.

MTK358 · 04-28-2010, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger Rabbis Clone

solaris isnt linux?? i just kinda figured everything that isnt mac or windows was some kind of linux. sorry about the mis-posting and the title.

It's very sad the way so little people are exposed to even the existence of something other than Windows or Mac. There are literally hundreds of different OSes, most of them hobby projects. In fact I'm considering doing one myself sometime!

And just in case, Linux does not mean "other than Windows or Mac".

Solaris is a derivative of Unix, which Linux and BSD is derived from, too. And AFAIK Solaris is NOT open source.

Do some reading on Wikipedia about Unix, Linux, Solaris, GNU, etc.

jlliagre · 04-28-2010, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

It's very sad the way so little people are exposed to even the existence of something other than Windows or Mac.

But not unexpected, given their respective shares of the current desktop market.

Quote:

And just in case, Linux does not mean "other than Windows or Mac".

It is the most visible contender though.

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Solaris is a derivative of Unix, which Linux and BSD is derived from, too.

Gnu/Linux is a reimplementation while BSDs and Solaris are descendants.

Quote:

And AFAIK Solaris is NOT open source.

Solaris 10 is not indeed but most of its source code was released under an OSI compatible license in 2005.
http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/
There are fully free and open source distributions based on it.