Thanks Garrett, I will review for possible items to include in the FAQ... Thanks, Brian
On 8/18/07, Garrett D'Amore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might want to have a look at the documentation I wrote for my > ethernet drivers. Its at > > http://sol-enet.sourceforge.net/GUIDE.html > > or if you prefer PDF: > > http://sol-enet.sourceforge.net/GUIDE.pdf > > You'll need to rip out the references to etherdiag (which was a utility > I shipped for my ethernet drivers, but which I'm no longer providing > since dladm and ndd provide most of the same functionality), but some of > the other bits may be useful. > > -- Garrett > > On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 21:06 -0500, Mike Gerdts wrote: > > On 8/17/07, Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there an OpenSolaris networking FAQ? Also, I am working on a FAQ > > > for new users, and would like to know if a) I am missing any common > > > networking questions, and b) my answers are correct. > > > > > > http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ_Prototype#Networking > > > > The "primary IP address" question doesn't really have the right > > answer. hostname(1) does not return an IP address and as best as I > > can tell, there is no such notion of a primary IP address. > > > > The best approximation for a good answer on a reasonably configured > > single-interface system would be: > > > > getent hosts `hostname` | awk '{print $1}' > > > > But that assumes that the system is reasonably configured and that > > people agree with me on what is reasonable and that you don't have > > multiple interfaces. > > > > I *wish* I could tell Solaris what its primary interface is. This is > > a common pain point when many physical and virtual interfaces exist > > and authorization (firewall, NFS, etc.) is performed > > by IP address. > > > > Mike > > > > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
