connecting two sun boxes directly
I have a V490 and V890; both running Solaris 10 (build 6-06).Both are connected via separate nics to both a 10. and external networks. These both work fine.
I have an extra single head NIC in one machine and an integrated dual head NIC in the V490 and would like to direct connect the machines via their respective NICs (10. local network has very poor throughput and it takes forever to move large files via ftp). Machines are both in the same rack so the physical distance is about 18".
Using ifconfig to setup the cards (went well as each can ping itself and the OS recognizes cause the console spews an error when the cable is pulled from either).
All of the trim files have been added/modified (/etc/hosts, /etc/hostname.ce1 (both NICS are known as ce1).Did not modify /etc/netmasks or /etc/networks.
Then used route add to add a route from one IP to the other (192.168.0.246 for the V490 and 192.168.0.248 for the V890).
Using netstat -rn the routes appear in the routing table.
Unfortunately nothing works; cannot ping from one to the other. I have enabled IPv4 routing with the routeadm command. This shows up as being enabled.
I have hired an external solaris "Expert" and he cannot seem to get this simple task completed either.
I have checked and rechecked the xover cable between the two nics - it has been proven good.
I could use some help with this - why does Solaris have to be so difficult in accomplishing what should be a trivial task?
Frustrated with Solaris and its incredibly awkward approach to everything.
