I can't ping my linksys router from Ultra 10

UNIX Solaris
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To begin with, I am a Solaris newbie; however, I am very familiar with Linux. Until I began working with Solaris, I didn't realize how much more difficult networking Solaris is than Linux. Before submitting this question, I have tried to fix this problem myself. After days of research, I still can't ping my Linksys router. I receive the response "no response from 192.168.1.1".Below are examples of my network configuration files:

cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.110 solaris solaris.homesolaris.internal

cat /etc/netmask
192.1.1.0 255.255.255.0

cat /etc/resolv.conf
domain bellsouth.net
nameserver 205.152.37.254
nameserver 205.152.132.235

cat /etc/hostname.hme0
solaris

cat /etc/nodename
solaris

cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files dns

cat /etc/defaultrouter
192.168.1.1

I also created a start up script to run the route add command. I added the following command to the /etc/rc2.d/S76static-routes file:

route add net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.000 192.168.1.1 1

Another problem I had was that the port light on my linksys router would constantly blink, and while booting the error
message "hme0: can't connect to ethernet, Link down, Cable Problem" I added the following lines to the /etc/system file and the router light remains lit now.

set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_100T4_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1
set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0

Here is the results of the command "netstat -r" :

Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
________________________________________________________

192.168.1.0 solaris U 1 105 hme0
244.0.0.0 solaris U 1 0 hme0
default 192.168.1.1 UG 1 40
localhost localhost UH 19 17868 lo0

Alternatively, the command "netstat -nr" displays:

Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
________________________________________________________

192.168.1.0 192.168.1.110 U 1 117 hme0
244.0.0.0 192.168.1.110 U 1 0 hme0
default 192.168.1.1 UG 1 52
localhost 127.0.0.1 UH 19 18872 lo0

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Try changing your netmask file to (and reboot):
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0

If that doesn't work, can you post a:
ifconfig -a
netstat -nr

3

Thanks for the quik response. ok. I changed my netmask to
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0. I then rebooted the machine.

I still can't ping my router. Below is the output from ifconfig -a and netstat -nr :

lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.110 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 8:0:20:cf:42:d6

Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
-------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ ---------
192.168.1.0 192.168.1.110 U 1 159 hme0
224.0.0.0 192.168.1.110 U 1 0 hme0
default 192.168.1.1 UG 1 74
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 19 22684 lo0

I can ping the subnet 192.168.1.0, and the broacast address 192.168.1.255.

4

Your Solaris box is set up with a static IP of 192.168.1.110 according to all the information you posted.

However, Linksys routers are set up to use DHCP, thus you have no guarantee the Linksys thinks there is an address of 192.168.1.110.

Did you specify that static IP for your solaris box on the Linksys admin page? I know it can be done (I did it for my printer with a network card) but I don't remember the exact steps. It wasn't hard though, the help files or Linksys users guide should show you how to do it.

That may be all you need to do. I don't see anything wrong with your Solaris setup so I think this is the problem.

Ralph

ps. Alternatively, you could set up your Solaris box to get a DHCP address from the linksys. Search this forum for "Solaris DHCP" if you want, I know I replied to a post a few weeks back about it and some instructions were in there.