I have configured Solaris 9 on my virtual PC using DHCP services. The hostname, IP address, default router, etc. is resolved correctly at bootup. However, I cannot ping anything, including the default router. The default router address is the same used by the linux which I have also installed on Virtual PC. In the Linux environment, I can ping the default router, DNS server, etc. Please help! Additional info posted below. #ifconfig -a lo0: flags -1000849mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 dnet0: flags=1004843 mtu 1500 index 2 inet 192.168.131.67 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.131.255 ether 0:3:ff:ff:ff:fc *** note that netstat takes a long time since I can't ping the DNS server. #netstat -r 192.168.131.0 sundave U 1 1 dnet0 244.0.0.0 sundave U 1 0 dnet0 default 192.168.131.254 UG 1 2 localhost localhost UH 13 150 lo0 The IP of sundave is 192.168.131.67. We do not have an /etc/defaultrouter file since we are using DHCP and want the IP and routing assigned dynamically. "dhcpinfo" does give us the correct IP address and routing. Our linux also uses the same routing address and netmask...what gives?

Looks like your nteface is not up try pinging 127.0.0.1 then localhost, then sundave or 192.168.131.67 let us know which one fails

Thanks for the response - actually all of those pings worked just fine - any suggestions welcome :)

I agree with Jonob. Your interface doesn't look like it is up. Run the command: ifconfig dnet0 inet 192.168.131.67 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast + up Then try pinging the default router.