Having the same problem - thank you for your notes to date; they've at least got me to this point. I also have a GigaByte MoBo with a Realtek 8169 chip...
The #cat /etc/driver_aliases | grep 10ec shows it's there, but I cannot get the driver loaded (apparently). And where is this Gnome System/Administration/Network tool of which you speak? None of the expected /etc files are there - presumably because the network setup survey is not run at the moment by Solaris install (5/08)? should I start by creating an /etc/resolv.conf file? I'm thinking no, as I don't even have the driver loaded... This message posted from opensolaris.org
