[SunHELP] How to install NIC (RTL8029AS ) in Solaris 7 (intel)

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 You forgot to add the "up" statement in your ifconfig line. Try "ifconfig  192.240.250.1
up".

 -david
> i have Solaris 7 (intel) , i want to install NIC (RTL8029 AS) i
> configure it the folowing way
> but it is not resonding.
> 
> # vi /kernel/drv/nei.conf
>    name="nei" parent='isa' reg=0x1, 0xe400, 0x1e interrupts=10;
> (my NIC I/O range in E400- E41 and IRQ=10)
> 
> # vi /etc/hosts
> 192.240.250.1 myserver
> 
> # vi /etc/hostname.nei0
> myserver
> 
> # vi /etc/netmasks
> 192.240.0.0 255.255.255.0
> 
> # touch /reconfigure
> 
> # init 6
> 
> After this configuration the system  duraing boot process it show these
> type  flowing message 
> 
> *RPC bindkey myserver faild to genrate host
> *Snmpdx : unable toget my IP address gethostlog mail
> 
> when i type flowing command 
> 
> # ifconfig -a  ( the out put is flowing)
> nei0: flags=842 <BROADCAST, RUNNING, MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0
> ether 0:0:1c:a:87:47
> 
> #ifconfig  192.240.250.1 255.255.255.0
> nei0: flags=850 <POINTOPOINT, RUNNING, MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 192.240.250.1----> 255.255.255.0  netmask ffffff00
> ether 0:0:1c:a:87:47
>  
> so please tell how to configure it
> 
> Mustafa Laghari 
>