DNS and Static IP Address Question on Solaris v10 X86
Ive recently installed Solaris v10 X86 and have two questions. The system is a Dell E521 with 4GB RAM and 1GB SysKonnect NIC, and internet is provided via a cable modem, thats plugged into a Netgear router, and the Solaris 10 box is plugged into the Netgear router via a CAT5 ethernet cable.
1. I can connect to my router login page using the following URL:
http://192.168.1.1/start.htm and I can also connect to various web pages such as yahoo, if I first "ping yahoo.com" (on another machine thats internet enabled) and then plug the web sites ip address into the Solaris/Mozilla browser. So it appears that I havent been successful at pointing the Solaris x86 at a DNS server to resolve the DNS name.
2. I've purchased a commercially available software package and it requires a static ip address for this Solaris x86 server. If the ip address changes, itll stop working by design and require that I reacquire the license file. When connecting through this Netgear router, how do I lock this Solaris v10 x86 server into a specific ip address? (the ip address floats presently when cycling my PCs on/off) presently, and assume the Solaris box will too, usually through an ip range of 192.168.1.<1 through 5>
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
skge0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 0:0:5a:9b:1f:10
# netstat -rn
Routing Table: IPv4
DestinationGatewayFlags RefUseInterface
-- -- -- --
192.168.1.0 192.168.1.3 U 11 skge0
224.0.0.0127.0.0.1U 10 lo0
default 192.168.1.1 UG10
127.0.0.1127.0.0.1UH8163 lo0
Some of the present Netgear router settings:
Internet IP Address
Get Dynamically From ISP (yes)
Use Static IP Address (no)
IP Address75.185. CROSSED-OUT3
IP Subnet Mask255.255.248.0
Gateway IP Address75.185.CROSSED-OUT4
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address
Get Automatically From ISP (yes)
Use These DNS Servers (blank)
Primary DNS ... (blank)
Secondary DNS ... (blank)
Netgear Router Status Page:
Account Name WGT624v3
Hardware Version V3H1
Firmware Version V2.0.16_1.0.1NA
Internet Port
MAC Address 00:40:ca:a8:CROSSED-OUT2
IP Address 75.185.CROSSED-OUT3
DHCP DHCPClient
IP Subnet Mask 255.255.248.0
Domain Name Server 65.24.7.3
65.24.7.6
LAN Port
MAC Address 00:18:4D:85:CROSSED-OUT1
IP Address 192.168.1.1
DHCP ON
IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Excerpt from doing a prtconf -D command:
pci10de,26f, instance #0 (driver name: pci_pci)
pci1028,8010, instance #0 (driver name: hci1394)
pci1148,5021, instance #0 (driver name: skge)
pci1028,1ed
pci1022,1100
The NIC is a SysKonnect 9821 1GB Ethernet card. The drivers in Solaris 10 were apparently very old and didn't install drivers or configure/plumb when I installed Solaris 10, so I downloaded the
latest drivers (hard to find!), followed the instructions and got the NIC drivers installed and then plumbed.
My router's ip address appears to be 192.168.1.1 and in one of the articles I've read, there is a recommendation to create a file (touch) within /etc named defaultrouter and enter the router's ip address. I did this, and the file now contains:
192.168.1.1
I also read where another file called resolv.conf needed to be pointed to a DNS server, which in this case, according to my Netgear router, and according to ipconfig/all on another WinBox on the same network, also shows the same 192.168.1.1 address for the DNS, so I created that file too (wasn't there) and it contains:
nameserver 192.168.1.1
There is a host name file called hostname.skge0 and it contains one line:
INTHOST
There is a hosts file, and it contains:
127.0.0.1localhostloghost homex86
192.168.1.3INTHOST
There is a netmasks file, and other than the commented out lines, it appears to contain one relevant line:
192.168.1.0255.255.255.0
There is a nsswitch.conf file and other than the commented out lines, it contains:
passwd:files
group:files
hosts:files
ipnodes:files
networks:files
protocols: files
rpc:files
ethers:files
netmasks:files
bootparams: files
publickey: files
netgroup:files
automount: files
aliases:files
services:files
printers:user files
auth_attr: files
prof_attr: files
project:files
tnrhtp:files
tnrhdb:files
There is an nsswitch.dns file:
passwd:files
group:files
ipnodes:files dns
networks:files
protocols: files
rpc:files
ethers:files
netmasks:files
bootparams: files
publickey: files
netgroup:files
automount: files
aliases:files
services:files
printers:user files
auth_attr: files
prof_attr: files
project:files
tnrhtp:files
tnrhdb:files
Finally, I've also seen some advice using the folling command (and I tried it):
"route add default 192.168.1.1" as an alternative method of setting up route table
The only other command I've tried is:
"ifconfig skge0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up" but I suspect that was redundant as the plumb command I used to get the NIC functioning earlier probably already provided what was needed.
Finally, on this small network, I ran an ipconfig/all on a Windows based PC, to see what network settings were reported through the wireless connection, and this is an excerpt of that information:
C:\Documents and Settings\mark_burke>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Ethernet adapter {xxxxxxxx}:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter - Packet Scheduler Min
iport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
