[SunHELP] configuring 2nd NIC

[Chris Pinnock]

On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:14:45AM -0800, faisal gillani wrote:
> thanks to all of you for replying now i have installed
> Solaris 8 , with apache server running smoothly
> in my previous post i asked about installing custom
> ethernet driver , which i did "thanks to u guys"
> now i have installed another same NIC
> first NIC was rtls0
> second NIC is rtls1
> but now the problem is that i dont know how 2
> configure the 2nd card "assining ip address , subnet,
> etc etc "
> sys-unconfig only seems to configure 1 primary NIC
> & ifconfig command assings temporarly
> ?
>
> wat should i do ?

Something along the lines of:
1. Put the relevant hostname into /etc/hostname.rtls1.
2. Put an IP entry for this hostname into /etc/hosts.
3. Put a netmask entry into /etc/netmasks.

best wishes,
Chris

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