[SunHELP] Unable to access internet from solaris 8 system...

[Phil Stracchino]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 08:07:53PM -0700, Robert Novak wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
> > Do you have an /etc/defaultrouter file?		...You should.
> 
> Assuming you're using static routing, this is true. If you're using
> routed/rdiscd, you shouldn't have one.
> 
> > Does it contain your router's FQDN?		...It should.
> 
> If you're using static routing, it should contain your router's IP
> address. This is especially the case if you have a nameserver off your
> local network, but it's the way I've always done it anyway. Unless your
> router's DNS name is in the hosts file, and unless you have 'files' first
> in the hosts: line of nsswitch.conf, I would not use a dns name in any
> routing setup.

Point, and I realized after I'd just hit "send" that he'd said he could
ping external hosts anyway, which kinda says this isn't the problem ...


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