Connectivity Between Windows Xp and Open Solaris

mailsachin245 · 06-17-2010, 07:28 AM

Hi All,

I need to connect between Windows Xp with Intel Processor and Solaris Developer Edition Platform X86 on VMware.

i cant ping the solaris guest machine from the host and vice versa.

As of now the Solaris is a fresh copy.

The output of ifconfig -a gives me 2 drivers - Loop back and pcn0.

I have to configure my Solaris OS i.e.,Setting the IP Addr.(I tried making an entry into hosts file, but unable to ping from windows to Solaris)
Please let me know the changes i have to make.

Thanks in Advance

AlucardZero · 06-17-2010, 08:17 AM

Er, there's not nearly enough information for us to tell you.

Install & start SSH (SunSSH or OpenSSH, whichever comes with OSol / is easier), then use PuTTY to connect from Windows.

mailsachin245 · 06-17-2010, 09:16 AM

Let me know if this information is fine.

jlliagre · 06-17-2010, 03:11 PM

Please clarify what OS you are running. The title says OpenSolaris while the post says Solaris 10. Also, you don't tell how did you configure the network at installation time (fixed address or DHCP), nor post "ifconfig -a" output.
How can you expect anyone to guess what the issue is without any clue ?

mailsachin245 · 06-17-2010, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jlliagre

Please clarify what OS you are running. The title says OpenSolaris while the post says Solaris 10. Also, you don't tell how did you configure the network at installation time (fixed address or DHCP), nor post "ifconfig -a" output.
How can you expect anyone to guess what the issue is without any clue ?

Its Solaris 10 Developer Edition. I have not enabled DHCP so i believe its Fixed address.
I had already mentioned the output of ifconfig -a, it gives me two drivers - 1) Loop back and 2) pcn0.

jlliagre · 06-18-2010, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by mailsachin245

Its Solaris 10 Developer Edition.

There is no such product I'm aware of. Please post "cat /etc/release" output.

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I have not enabled DHCP so i believe its DHCP.

How could it be configured to use DHCP if you haven't set it that way ?

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I had already mentioned the output of ifconfig -a

You haven't really. Please post the whole output from this command.

mailsachin245 · 06-18-2010, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jlliagre

There is no such product I'm aware of. Please post "cat /etc/release" output.
How could it be configured to use DHCP if you haven't set it that way ?

You haven't really. Please post the whole output from this command.

Am really sorry as i have my internet in Windows, cannot copy the output from Solaris.

1) contents of /etc/release is "Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07 SNV70b X86 Assembled 30 Aug 2007"

2)I have not configured DHCP. It's fixed IP.

3)As a Multicast driver i have VMXNET0: flags=201004842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPV4,COS>mtu 1500 index 2.
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0 ether 0.c.29.be.9.4e

I guess this will suffice

jlliagre · 06-19-2010, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mailsachin245

1) contents of /etc/release is "Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07 SNV70b X86 Assembled 30 Aug 2007"

That is an outdated and discontinued build of OpenSolaris. You shouldn't run it anymore.

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2)I have not configured DHCP. It's fixed IP.

From your ifconfig output. You didn't configure a fixed IP either.

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3)As a Multicast driver i have VMXNET0: flags=201004842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPV4,COS>mtu 1500 index 2.
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0 ether 0.c.29.be.9.4e

I guess this will suffice

You were mentioning pcn0 in your first posting but here it is vmxnet0. Are you running under VMWare ?

mailsachin245 · 06-19-2010, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jlliagre

That is an outdated and discontinued build of OpenSolaris. You shouldn't run it anymore.
From your ifconfig output. You didn't configure a fixed IP either.
You were mentioning pcn0 in your first posting but here it is vmxnet0. Are you running under VMWare ?

I will try to download the latest from the open solaris website.

Solaris is in VMWare, i need to connect from VMWare to the host(Windows) server.

Initially when i posted this Thread it was pcn0, later through some blog i was advised to install VMWare Tools which converted pcn0 to vmxnet0.