[Sunhelp] sunPCi question

[Tom Jones]

For the SunPCI card to communicate with the Ultra5 and back, both platforms have
to have
a default route set to the router on that subnet.  For example, on my SunPCI
card,
I have a batch file in the startup folder, with default route set for the
Ultra5, using the router:
route add ultra5-ip router-ip

on the Ultra5, I have an rc script with:
route add sunpci-ip router-ip

Tom Jones




----- Original Message -----
From: Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) <robert.fuerst at sylvania.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 6:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] sunPCi question


> Last time we tried using a sunpc sbus card there was a "addendum" sheet on
> installing it with windows 95 and how to work the routing. We could get the
> thing to talk around the subnet but never through to the other machine on
> the other hubs.  The way that worked is each had to have it's OWN IP address
> so your are on the right track.  If they have the same subnet you should not
> be having all those problems with routes (or even need them), so I am with
> Greg on that one.  You did fix the hosts file correct?  You may also need an
> ethers file.
> Without calling technical support from the company we never would have known
> about it.
> We eventually went with a windows terminal server and Citrix metaframe
> environment anyway.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gregory Leblanc [SMTP:GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 10:19 PM
> > To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] sunPCi question
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Frank Sommers [mailto:fsommers at nowcom.com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 5:08 PM
> > > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > > Subject: [Sunhelp] sunPCi question
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I finally bought a SunPCi card for my Ultra 5 which allows Win98 to be
> > > used from within the same box. It installed fine, however, Solaris and
> > > Win98 cannot talk to each other. According to the documentation, the
> > > communication is arranged via TCP/IP. The two systems share the same
> > > Ethernet card, and the only way for them to communicate is via a 3rd
> > > device, e.g., a router. So I set up my old Solaris 2.6 x86 box as a
> > > router. Now I have the following problem:
> >
> > Ok, first I have to say that I've never used a SunPCI card (nor an Ultra5,
> > but that's a different matter).  I have, however, been using VMWare, which
> > provides a very similar service for x86 machines running Linux.  Now to
> > try
> > and answer your question.  I think that if you assign the Ultra5, the
> > SunPCI, and the x86 box addresses on the same subnet, they should be able
> > to
> > communicate.  The only place that you <emphasis>might</emphasis> need to
> > have any routing would probably be on the Ultra5, and the route would most
> > likely be to point the address of the SunPCI card out the interface on the
> > Ultra5.  This seems highly unlikely, because it feels too hackish.
> >
> > Have you checked out http://docs.sun.com/ for information on this sort of
> > thing?  I'm sure there must be something there...
> > Greg
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