Internet access with SS5

[Michael Moeller]

Hi,

I'm stuck trying to get internet access with a SPARCstation 5 running
Solaris 2.6. I've got the Sun manuals but this allows for a lot of trial
and error, though. I'm probably missing the point somewhere. Maybe
somebody still knows how to accomplish this.

DHCP is running and the SS5 is working as expected with regard to LAN
only (ftp, etc.). A ping to a foreign address results in:

ICMP Net Unreachable from gateway sparc1 (192.168.1.105)
for icmp from sparc1 (192.168.1.105) to <any WAN IP>

Setup is like this:

DSL Modem <-> Cisco Router <-> some PCs + SS5

Thanks
Michael

[Doug McIntyre]

Post by Michael Moeller
I'm stuck trying to get internet access with a SPARCstation 5 running
Solaris 2.6. I've got the Sun manuals but this allows for a lot of trial
and error, though. I'm probably missing the point somewhere. Maybe
somebody still knows how to accomplish this.
DHCP is running and the SS5 is working as expected with regard to LAN
ICMP Net Unreachable from gateway sparc1 (192.168.1.105)
for icmp from sparc1 (192.168.1.105) to <any WAN IP>
DSL Modem <-> Cisco Router <-> some PCs + SS5

It doesn't seem to be picking up your default route via DHCP.
If you have a file named /etc/defaultrouter with data in it, the
data is probably bad. Remove it and let DHCP do its thing.

Otherwise, set your networking stuff by hand instead of DHCP.

[Michael Moeller]

Post by Doug McIntyre

Post by Michael Moeller
I'm stuck trying to get internet access with a SPARCstation 5 running
Solaris 2.6. I've got the Sun manuals but this allows for a lot of trial
and error, though. I'm probably missing the point somewhere. Maybe
somebody still knows how to accomplish this.
DHCP is running and the SS5 is working as expected with regard to LAN
ICMP Net Unreachable from gateway sparc1 (192.168.1.105)
for icmp from sparc1 (192.168.1.105) to <any WAN IP>
DSL Modem <-> Cisco Router <-> some PCs + SS5

It doesn't seem to be picking up your default route via DHCP.
If you have a file named /etc/defaultrouter with data in it, the
data is probably bad. Remove it and let DHCP do its thing.
Otherwise, set your networking stuff by hand instead of DHCP.

It's no difference if the file is there but empty, if it contains the
routers address, or if it is not there at all. I checked this. Sun
manual calls this file 'optional'. I can't figure out what dhcp does.
A completely new setup system (a SS20) looks all the same, without being
connected to the LAN.
Michael

[Hugo]

Post by Michael Moeller

Post by Doug McIntyre

Post by Michael Moeller
I'm stuck trying to get internet access with a SPARCstation 5 running
Solaris 2.6. I've got the Sun manuals but this allows for a lot of trial
and error, though. I'm probably missing the point somewhere. Maybe
somebody still knows how to accomplish this.
DHCP is running and the SS5 is working as expected with regard to LAN
ICMP Net Unreachable from gateway sparc1 (192.168.1.105)
for icmp from sparc1 (192.168.1.105) to <any WAN IP>
DSL Modem <-> Cisco Router <-> some PCs + SS5

It doesn't seem to be picking up your default route via DHCP.
If you have a file named /etc/defaultrouter with data in it, the
data is probably bad. Remove it and let DHCP do its thing.
Otherwise, set your networking stuff by hand instead of DHCP.

It's no difference if the file is there but empty, if it contains the
routers address, or if it is not there at all. I checked this. Sun
manual calls this file 'optional'. I can't figure out what dhcp does.
A completely new setup system (a SS20) looks all the same, without being
connected to the LAN.
Michael

issue 'netstat -rm' and see what the default route is for the NIC you've got
running on DHCP ..

i.e. mine shows;
---start snippet
Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ---------- ---------
default api.home UG 1 110
192.168.1.0 achatsv U 1 525 pcn0
localhost localhost UH 3 146 lo0
# ping -a api.home
api.home (192.168.1.254) is alive
---end snippet

where "default" is the default destination, it points to "api.home" - which
if I then ping, is the IP address of my router..

Regards
Hugo

[Michael Moeller]

Post by Hugo

Post by Michael Moeller

Post by Doug McIntyre

Post by Michael Moeller
I'm stuck trying to get internet access with a SPARCstation 5 running
Solaris 2.6. I've got the Sun manuals but this allows for a lot of trial
and error, though. I'm probably missing the point somewhere. Maybe
somebody still knows how to accomplish this.
DHCP is running and the SS5 is working as expected with regard to LAN
ICMP Net Unreachable from gateway sparc1 (192.168.1.105)
for icmp from sparc1 (192.168.1.105) to <any WAN IP>
DSL Modem <-> Cisco Router <-> some PCs + SS5

It doesn't seem to be picking up your default route via DHCP.
If you have a file named /etc/defaultrouter with data in it, the
data is probably bad. Remove it and let DHCP do its thing.
Otherwise, set your networking stuff by hand instead of DHCP.

It's no difference if the file is there but empty, if it contains the
routers address, or if it is not there at all. I checked this. Sun
manual calls this file 'optional'. I can't figure out what dhcp does.
A completely new setup system (a SS20) looks all the same, without being
connected to the LAN.
Michael

issue 'netstat -rm' and see what the default route is for the NIC you've got
running on DHCP ..
i.e. mine shows;
---start snippet
Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ---------- ---------
default api.home UG 1 110
192.168.1.0 achatsv U 1 525 pcn0
localhost localhost UH 3 146 lo0
# ping -a api.home
api.home (192.168.1.254) is alive
---end snippet
where "default" is the default destination, it points to "api.home" - which
if I then ping, is the IP address of my router..
Regards
Hugo

Many thanks to all. I couldn't have figured it out alone.
All issues are cleared.

Regards
Michael