[SunHELP] SunNewbie...still can't access internet after install of OS...

[Marvin Cummings]

Also. Does anyone know if Sun is like Red Hat and Microsoft where once
you connect a system to the internet you're prompted with any and all
available updated for that system? Or do you have to go and locate each
individual update or latest patch for the Solaris OS? I see the
Sunfreeware site and I just wonder how everyone else obtains updates and
such.
I ask this even thou I'm unable to access the internet. Talk about
anxious.)

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org]
On Behalf Of Marvin Cummings
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:32 AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: FW: [SunHELP] SunNewbie...still can't access internet after
install of OS...

I meant to write /etc/hostname.hme0.
When I say that there some external resources I'm unable to ping I mean
that if I attempt to ping www.msn.com, or it's IP, I get "no answer from
msn.com" whereas if I ping either www.yahoo.com or 216.109.125.72, which
is its IP, I get www.yahoo.com is alive. Some resources I can ping and
some I cannot. 
I am able to perform nslookup on external resources. For example
nslookup on www.whitehouse.gov returns: 
Server: mydnsserver.mydomain.com 
Address: 192.168.1.5 

Non-authoritative answer: 
Name: a1289.g.akamai.net 
Addresses: 12.129.72.223, 12.129.72.216 
Aliases: www.whitehouse.gov, whitehouse.gov.edgesuite.net 

So I'm assuming this works. 

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Pennino
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 12:32 AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] SunNewbie...still can't access internet after
install of OS...

On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 11:17:42PM -0500, Marvin Cummings wrote:
> Hey I'm still at a loss as to why my Ultra Sparc, which I've installed
> onto my w2k network, cannot access the internet. I've confirmed that: 
> The /etc/resolv.conf file displays the correct nameserver and IP
> The /etc/hosts file is configured properly
> The /etc/hostname.conf contains system

What is this? Solaris doesn't have a /etc/hostname.conf.

> The /etc/nsswitch.conf file contains dns in the hosts line
> The /etc/defaultrouter file lists the IP of my gateway
> Netstat -nr shows that routing is properly configured
> 
> I can ping internal and external resources, well some external
> resources.

What does this mean?

> I can nslookup internal resources

Can you look up external resources? You are complaining about lack
of Internet connectivity.

Does "nslookup www.whitehouse.gov", for example, return an address?

If not, your DNS is AFU.

What happens when you try to ping an external address as opposed to
a name?

Do the names works? Do the addresses work?

If DNS isn't working properly, you won't get jack.

> Everything appears to be consistent to initial install procedures yet
I
> can't access the internet. I'm still learning my way thru this so if
> anyone can offer any suggestions for me to check that would be greatly
> appreciated. 
> 
> TIA 
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