Sun Solaris 8

Ok, I have attempting to gain some knowledge. I installed Solaris 8 on an intel box with a 3com nic. During the installation I set the ip address as 192.168.0.10 sm 255.255.255.0 and default router is 192.168.0.1 which is the same default gateway of my windows computer, but I still can't get out on the internet on the unix box. If I do a ifconfig -a this is whats shown:

lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index1

inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000

elxl0: flags=1000863<UP,BROADCAST,NETFAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4 mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.0.10 netmask, ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 0:60:8:96:9:db

I don't know what else to do Please Help and shed some light on what I need to do to get this box on the net. Step by step instructions would be great cuz I am new to this.

you have to setup dns... edit the files:

/etc/resolv.conf
and
/etc/nsswitch.conf

to reflect your settings. you can also enable dns during installation. and maybe you want to install solaris 10 cause its a lot more modern

When I cd to /etc and do a ls I do not see these two files. Any other ideas?

You need to create /etc/resolv.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf not being there is dubious. Double check.

You where right they are there well nsswitch.conf was but I had to create resolv.conf. Now, next question what do I put into these files the dns address and what else?

read the manpage for resolv.conf. also go to docs.sun.com and have a look at the solaris admin-guides... all your questions are anserwered there!
hth,
DN2