the Device Driver Utility says... NETWORK via technologies,inc.VT6102(rhine-||) Driver missing
this is the output of... @opensolaris:~$ ifconfig -a lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1 inet6 ::1/128 thanks for advice -- This message posted from opensolaris.org