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Did you also added your domainname in your /etc/resolv.conf?


"Adam Meyerowitz" <ameyerow@optonline.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.165b967c9780bf8d98968b@news.optonline.net...
> Hello,
>
> I attempting to setup DHCP on my Solaris 8 box and having some
> difficulties.
>
> DHCP works fine.  My machine gets and IP address, etc.  However I cannot
> get DNS to work.  I have modified /etc/nsswitch.conf to include dns in
> the hosts entry.  I have also created the /etc/resolv.conf and added two
> nameserver entries.  As a last ditch effort I have also modified
> /etc/default/dhcpagent to attempt to get the nameservers through dhcp
> (one of the lines let's you add the dhcp numbers of configuration items
> that should be retrieved during the dhcp discovery process.....I can't
> recall which line it is).
>
> On our network we also have Windows 2000 machines which are all
> configured to get the ip address information as well as the dns
> information from the dhcp server.  All of this works as expected.
>
> Also, I believe our dhcp server is a Windows NT or 2000 machine.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>

Adam Meyerowitz wrote:

> DHCP works fine.  My machine gets and IP address, etc.  However I cannot
> get DNS to work.  I have modified /etc/nsswitch.conf to include dns in
> the hosts entry.  I have also created the /etc/resolv.conf and added two
> nameserver entries.  As a last ditch effort I have also modified
> /etc/default/dhcpagent to attempt to get the nameservers through dhcp
> (one of the lines let's you add the dhcp numbers of configuration items
> that should be retrieved during the dhcp discovery process.....I can't

Post the contents of your /etc/resolv.conf file so we can have a look.

Are you sure you have the correct DNS IP addresses? Start with one server.
First try pinging the DNS server
Next, if the address is 192.168.1.1, try  "nslookup  -  192.168.1.1" to
start an interactive session with the DNS server.

Thanks for all the help........I figured it out actually.  In the
/etc/default/dhcpagent the dhcp client was not configured to ask for
the DNS domain name (#15).  Once I added that everything works fine. 
I also got rid of my resolv.conf and added DNSServ to dhcpagent (#6)
so now everything is dynamic.  I would think that these items should
be in there by default but that's water under the bridge.

Again I appreciate the help,
Adam Meyerowitz


Jonathan Hays <jhays@aaahawk.com> wrote in message news:<3BF35FCE.ABD0B1E4@aaahawk.com>...
> Adam Meyerowitz wrote:
> 
> > DHCP works fine.  My machine gets and IP address, etc.  However I cannot
> > get DNS to work.  I have modified /etc/nsswitch.conf to include dns in
> > the hosts entry.  I have also created the /etc/resolv.conf and added two
> > nameserver entries.  As a last ditch effort I have also modified
> > /etc/default/dhcpagent to attempt to get the nameservers through dhcp
> > (one of the lines let's you add the dhcp numbers of configuration items
> > that should be retrieved during the dhcp discovery process.....I can't
> 
> Post the contents of your /etc/resolv.conf file so we can have a look.
> 
> Are you sure you have the correct DNS IP addresses? Start with one server.
> First try pinging the DNS server
> Next, if the address is 192.168.1.1, try  "nslookup  -  192.168.1.1" to
> start an interactive session with the DNS server.

Adam Meyerowitz wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I attempting to setup DHCP on my Solaris 8 box and having some
> difficulties.
>
> DHCP works fine.  My machine gets and IP address, etc.  However I cannot
> get DNS to work.  I have modified /etc/nsswitch.conf to include dns in
> the hosts entry.  I have also created the /etc/resolv.conf and added two
> nameserver entries.  As a last ditch effort I have also modified
> /etc/default/dhcpagent to attempt to get the nameservers through dhcp
> (one of the lines let's you add the dhcp numbers of configuration items
> that should be retrieved during the dhcp discovery process.....I can't
> recall which line it is).
>
> On our network we also have Windows 2000 machines which are all
> configured to get the ip address information as well as the dns
> information from the dhcp server.  All of this works as expected.
>
> Also, I believe our dhcp server is a Windows NT or 2000 machine.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam

Hello Adam,

If I understand your problem correctly, you are unable to get your Solaris8
box onto the internet. OK -- good news , I've had the exact same problem in
fact  my problem now is to stop the Solaris8 box from loosing its marbles
when it is rebooted. Anyway  the anwser to your problem  is to bring up an
terminal log in as root and add a default route, like this : route add
default (ip_address of gateway router or proxy server) thats it! Good luck
-Gene