SUMMARY: Setting netmask on Solaris 10 sparc?

I asked about a problem getting the netmask to set correctly on reboot
in Solaris 10. Thanks to all that replied. I believe that I made a false
assumption of what the netmask *should* be, based on another server that
turns out not to be on the same network. Thus, it appears to be my
mistake.

However, I rec'd a number of good suggestions. Most people said this
hadn't changed from Solaris 9 to Solaris 10. It was also noted that I
should have included examples - apologies, had trouble sanitizing info
and hoped this was an easy and obvious change in Solaris 10. Comments
included:

* "I had the same problem and I fixed it by adding the netmask on the
/etc/hostname.hme0 file. Here is an example:
	10.10.10.10 netmask + broadcast + up"
* Check the links from /etc/netmasks to /etc/inet/netmasks, and
/etc/hosts to /etc/inet/hosts, and double-check syntax in files
* Check the network number in /etc/netmasks 
* Make sure you have the same entries as /etc/hosts (sym link to
/etc/inet/hosts)  in /etc/inet/ipnodes. "Used to be for IPV6 only.
Compulsory on Solaris 10 for IPV4, too, nowadays."
* "I notice that Solaris 10 is very strict about network definition,
e.g., we had an old definition like
	10.241.132.0	255.255.255.0
...which had worked before, but Sol10 rejected it because 10.241.132
isn't (strictly speaking) a network."

Regards, and thanks,
_______________________________
Judith Reed


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