Configuring Internet In OpenSolaris

austin.tauro · 05-04-2009, 06:27 AM

Hey guys,

I am a newbie in OpenSolaris. I have managed to install OpenSolaris Distro on my machine. However i am unable to configure Internet for the same. I tried to do it but failed in doing so. If any one of you could guide me in the steps for configuring the Internet, I would be really greatful as i have to do some project in OpenSolaris and Internet connectivity is delaying me in doing so. I am trying to configure for a wired connection using DHCP. Thank you in advance.

pixellany · 05-04-2009, 10:37 AM

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crisostomo_enrico · 05-04-2009, 11:07 AM

Hi.

If you need pointers to documentation, docs.sun.com and opensolaris.com are the place to go.

The quickest way to have a NIC up and running, given you know which NIC you're using, would be:

touching /etc/hostname.yournic to have your NIC plumbed at Solaris startup
touching /etc/dhcp.yournic to have your NIC be configured by DHCP.

If you don't know which NICs are configured you can issue:

Code:

# dladm show-phys
LINK         MEDIA                STATE      SPEED  DUPLEX    DEVICE
rge0         Ethernet             unknown    0      unknown

and in this case your NIC would be rge0.

Once this is done, you'd probably have to configure:

a default route into /etc/defaultrouter (just type the IP addresses of your gateways, one per line)
the name resolver IP, in /etc/resolv.conf (if DHCP didn't do that for you)
/etc/nsswitch.conf accordingly to your configuration

If you're using OpenSolaris you can enable Network Auto Magic service and disable network/physical:default:

Code:

# svcs network/physical

If nwam is enabled you'll see a line like this:

Code:

online         13:40:04 svc:/network/physical:nwam

If it's not, enable it:

Code:

# svcadm disable network/physical:default
# svcadm enable network/physical:nwam

Hope this helps,
Enrico