Getting the network interface up in solaris 10
Hi,
I am a solaris newbie and am trying to get the network interface up on solaris 10. I have set the required details in
/etc/hostname.if
/etc/hosts
/etc/inet/ipnodes
/etc/inet/netmasks
/etc/defaultrouter
yet on the startup i get a message "failed to bring up IPv4 interfaces : interfacename"
And when the server starts up after giving the command "ifconfig if up"
the network interface comes up.
I need to get the interface up on the startup itself.
can anyone help me on this ?
Thanks in advance,
# 2
Sounds like you did everything right according to the info you gave.
So no one is helping because noone can help, based on the info you gave.
So you need to provide more info.
What output do you get from ifconfig -a when things are working.
Show us the contents of all the files you listed.
Oh. And I assume that you don't actually mean hostname.if. I assume thats an interface name like bge0
# 3
... and of course, you need compatible hardware.
But you failed to tell anyone what Ethernet adapter you're trying to use.
Is it on the HCL ? http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/
If it requires third party driver software, did you install that as well ?
You failed to tell anyone whether you're installing to Solaris x86 or to Solaris SPARC.
( For example, a PeeCee NIC will generally just not work in a SPARC system. )
