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How to setup internet? Solaris 8

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Name: Outlander
Date: August 23, 2005 at 20:36:59 Pacific
OS: Solaris 8
CPU/Ram: Ultra 1
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Okay guys....

I have read over almost EVERY single message here and all I see is confusion. I simply need to get my Ultra 1 on the internet to get patches and Gnome. I am NOT a unix/Solaris user. I do NOT have a DNS nor do I use or have a domain name.

I use Fios fiber coming in on my router, there is a subnet address(which I do NOT know how to enter in solaris) and an IP, there is NO DNS/Domain name. My solaris box is setup to use DHCP.

I hope that is all the info you guys need to help me with this. I have been trying all day to get it on the internet, the closest I got before a sys-unconfig was being able to ping yahoo.com's address, but netscape STILL does not work. Really frustrated here, need this thing on the net!

Thanks!



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Name: Jake2
Date: August 27, 2005 at 20:32:32 Pacific
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Considering how much you're stressing that you don't have DNS or a domain name, I suspect you didn't select the dns option during installation. I skipped this my first time installing Solaris 10, and to fix it I had to add "dns" to the "hosts" line of /etc/nsswitch.conf and create /etc/resolv.conf as:

domain localdomain
nameserver 65.43.19.26
nameserver 206.141.192.60

Replace the nameserver IPs with the ones your other systems use. I don't know how critical the domain line is if you don't have a domain name, but I've always used "localdomain".


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