[osol-discuss] Network Configuration

2011-11-01 Thread Syed Muhammad Mohsin Kazmi
Hi all, I have installed the text installation of current version of opensolaris express on SUN ultra 45 workstation. When I try to configure my network manually by using: root@solaris-rbridge3:~# ifconfig bge1 10.3.93.40 netmask 255.255.255.0 up It

Re: [osol-discuss] Network Configuration

2011-11-01 Thread Edward Martinez
On 11/01/11 05:00, Syed Muhammad Mohsin Kazmi wrote: Hi all, I have installed the text installation of current version of opensolaris express on SUN ultra 45 workstation. When I try to configure my network manually by using:

Re: [osol-discuss] Network Configuration

2011-11-01 Thread Syed Muhammad Mohsin Kazmi
But when I connect my linux machine to that network I always give the netmask 255.255.255.0 and it is connected. I think so this is not the problem On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Edward Martinez mindbende...@live.comwrote: ** On 11/01/11 05:00, Syed Muhammad Mohsin Kazmi wrote: Hi all,

Re: [osol-discuss] Network Configuration

2011-11-01 Thread Brian Wilson
That is not the problem - you can assign whatever netmask you need. One - did you plumb the interface first? - ifconfig bge1 plumb Two - Probably what you really need. There's a new networking stack. I've seen at least half a dozen writeups of how to setup a static IP address. Here's one -

Re: [osol-discuss] Network Configuration

2011-11-01 Thread Syed Muhammad Mohsin Kazmi
I have re-installed the solaris express now. And i have configured my network manually. It is done now. Anyway, thanks for help. On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Brian Wilson bfwil...@doit.wisc.edu wrote: That is not the problem - you can assign whatever netmask you need. One - did you plumb

Re: [osol-discuss] Network Configuration

2011-11-01 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 11/01/11 05:52, Edward Martinez wrote: Seems like that is a class A ip address and I think class A ip addresses uses a netmask of 255.0.0.0 Seems like you're living on the internet of 20 years ago. That's not the way netmasks work on the modern internet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR

Re: [osol-discuss] Network Configuration

2011-11-01 Thread Edward Martinez
On 11/01/11 07:17, Alan Coopersmith wrote: On 11/01/11 05:52, Edward Martinez wrote: Seems like that is a class A ip address and I think class A ip addresses uses a netmask of 255.0.0.0 Seems like you're living on the internet of 20 years ago. That's not the way netmasks work on the modern