[AUUG-Talk]: Re: Solaris 10 Community Edition + VFE (Rhine) Drivers (David Lloyd)

[Stuart Remphrey]

Hi David,

What is in /etc/dhcp.vfe0 and /etc/hostname.cfe0, if anything?

Possibly something like the following may help:

/etc/dhcp.vfe0:
primary start wait 15
(or however many seconds after which you want the request
backgrounded)

/etc/hostname.vfe0:
inet nodename
(replace nodename with the actual nodename, if you want a fixed one,
which is the contents of /etc/nodename and response from `uname -n`)


It's also possible you might need to fake an /etc/hosts entry for that
nodename,
such as adding it to the end of the localhosts line, but try normally
first as DHCP
should add a correct entry for you. If necessary, have a line which
would be
something like:

/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1     localhost loghost nodename


(also check /etc/inet/hosts and the "hosts" and "ipnodes" entries in
/etc/nsswitch.conf)

Rgds, Stuart.


Stuart Remphrey
RMIT ITS Infrastructure Services - Unix Systems
Phone (03) 992 55 070  (or extension 55070)