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Saturday, April 29. 2006Using Solaris 10 as DHCP client
Today I just wanted to document here the quickest and easiest way of setting your Solaris box as a DHCP client.
1) Create the /etc/hostname. For instance: bash-3.00# touch /etc/hostname.skge0 2) Create the /etc/dhcp. It can be an empty file, but you can also use it to specify how long ifconfig should be waiting for a DHCP-server reply before giving up and continuing with Solaris boot. bash-3.00# cat /etc/dhcp.skge0 wait 60 3) Your system name It has to be specified in /etc/nodename. This name is going to be used as your hostname in case your DHCP-server does not return your hostname in reply to your DHCP-request. THat's all. Reboot your system, and it all should work! Enjoy! :) Trackbacks
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How did you get skge0 to work for you?
I have a Marvell Yukon (9851) NIC and the link keeps going up and down both on Windows and Solaris, even when connected directly to another Yukon via a cross over cable. Not even the latest drivers helped! pci11ab,9851
Hi again!
I've explained how I got it to work in this post: http://solaris.reys.net/english/2006/04/a8n-sli_networking_in_solaris One thing I'm not sure about is the weird link status changes you're seeing on your NIC. I wouldn't know because I never ran Windows on that box. That said, I didn't notice such a behavior in Solaris at all, everything worked just fine. Give it a try. Good luck!
I have tried various tips including yours to configure DHCP on my native SPARC Solaris 9 - laptop bought from TADPOLE in 2004.
Still no luck. I have broadband supplied by French Telecom - the network feed from this router goes into a hub. I can connect my IBM laptop XP prof as DHCP - no problem; I can also connect my ibook MAC/OS X also fine. When I connect my Tadpole Solaris 9 ifconfig shows address 192.168.1.12 and I can ftp to it from my IBM XP Win but I cannot see IBM XP from Solaris. I followed your steps even specified wait 90 but no luck. Where am I going wrong...? Please help if you can. Many thanks in advance Andrew
Hi Andrew,
I'll send you an email to answer. Thanks for stopping by! |