The networking is not working on this Solaris 10 update 7 machine, 
unless I manually add the routing information each time the machine is 
booted, which would be a pain.



# nslookup sun.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

The file /etc/deraultroute exists, and has the right IP for the router.

# cat /etc/defaultroute
192.168.1.1

Adding the route manually, allow it to work.

# route add default 192.168.1.1
add net default: gateway 192.168.1.1


Now it's ok.

# nslookup sun.com
Server:         212.67.120.148
Address:        212.67.120.148#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   sun.com
Address: 72.5.124.61


But how can I preserve that across reboots?


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Dave wrote:
> The networking is not working on this Solaris 10 update 7 machine, 
> unless I manually add the routing information each time the machine is 
> booted, which would be a pain.
> 
If all else fails, you could write a script to set the routing 
information at boot time.
> 
> 
> # nslookup sun.com
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> The file /etc/deraultroute exists, and has the right IP for the router.
> 
> # cat /etc/defaultroute
> 192.168.1.1
> 
> Adding the route manually, allow it to work.
> 
> # route add default 192.168.1.1
> add net default: gateway 192.168.1.1
> 
> 
> Now it's ok.
> 
> # nslookup sun.com
> Server:         212.67.120.148
> Address:        212.67.120.148#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:   sun.com
> Address: 72.5.124.61
> 
> 
> But how can I preserve that across reboots?
> 
> 

You could try spelling it correctly!  It's /etc/defaultrouter!  Note the 
final "r".

Computers do what you said, not what you meant!!!!!!!

Dave <foo@coo.com> writes:

> The file /etc/deraultroute exists, and has the right IP for the router.
> 
> # cat /etc/defaultroute
> 192.168.1.1

The only thing you need to do is get it right :-)

File Formats                                     defaultrouter(4)

NAME
     defaultrouter - configuration file for default router(s)

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/defaultrouter

DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/defaultrouter file specifies a IPv4 host's  default
     router(s).

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Hi,

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>> The networking is not working on this Solaris 10 update 7 machine, 
>> unless I manually add the routing information each time the machine is 
>> booted, which would be a pain.
>>
> If all else fails, you could write a script to set the routing 
> information at boot time.
>>
>>
>> # nslookup sun.com
>> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
>>
>> The file /etc/deraultroute exists, and has the right IP for the router.
>>
>> # cat /etc/defaultroute
>> 192.168.1.1
>>
>> Adding the route manually, allow it to work.
>>
>> # route add default 192.168.1.1
>> add net default: gateway 192.168.1.1
>>
>>
>> Now it's ok.
>>
>> # nslookup sun.com
>> Server:         212.67.120.148
>> Address:        212.67.120.148#53
>>
>> Non-authoritative answer:
>> Name:   sun.com
>> Address: 72.5.124.61
>>
>>
>> But how can I preserve that across reboots?
>>
>>
> 
> You could try spelling it correctly!  It's /etc/defaultrouter!  Note the 
> final "r".
> 
> Computers do what you said, not what you meant!!!!!!!
Someone should make a replacement for bash called it gash which uses 
google to search for everycommand typed and issue a "did you mean" 
whenever there are typos, that would put CLI to a new level :)

/michael

Michael Laajanen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

>> You could try spelling it correctly!  It's /etc/defaultrouter!  Note 
>> the final "r".
>>
>> Computers do what you said, not what you meant!!!!!!!
> Someone should make a replacement for bash called it gash which uses 
> google to search for everycommand typed and issue a "did you mean" 
> whenever there are typos, that would put CLI to a new level :)
> 
> /michael


Yes, 'gash' could be useful, but not exactly in the spirit of unix, 
where it does what you say.

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Atro Tossavainen wrote:
> Dave <foo@coo.com> writes:
> 
>> The file /etc/deraultroute exists, and has the right IP for the router.
>>
>> # cat /etc/defaultroute
>> 192.168.1.1
> 
> The only thing you need to do is get it right :-)
> 
> File Formats                                     defaultrouter(4)
> 
> NAME
>      defaultrouter - configuration file for default router(s)
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      /etc/defaultrouter
> 
> DESCRIPTION
>      The /etc/defaultrouter file specifies a IPv4 host's  default
>      router(s).
> 


Spelling never was my strong point. That solved the problem of course.

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Michael Laajanen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> Dave wrote:
>>> The networking is not working on this Solaris 10 update 7 machine, 
>>> unless I manually add the routing information each time the machine 
>>> is booted, which would be a pain.
>>>
>> If all else fails, you could write a script to set the routing 
>> information at boot time.
>>>
>>>
>>> # nslookup sun.com
>>> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
>>>
>>> The file /etc/deraultroute exists, and has the right IP for the router.
>>>
>>> # cat /etc/defaultroute
>>> 192.168.1.1
>>>
>>> Adding the route manually, allow it to work.
>>>
>>> # route add default 192.168.1.1
>>> add net default: gateway 192.168.1.1
>>>
>>>
>>> Now it's ok.
>>>
>>> # nslookup sun.com
>>> Server:         212.67.120.148
>>> Address:        212.67.120.148#53
>>>
>>> Non-authoritative answer:
>>> Name:   sun.com
>>> Address: 72.5.124.61
>>>
>>>
>>> But how can I preserve that across reboots?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You could try spelling it correctly!  It's /etc/defaultrouter!  Note 
>> the final "r".
>>
>> Computers do what you said, not what you meant!!!!!!!
> Someone should make a replacement for bash called it gash which uses 
> google to search for everycommand typed and issue a "did you mean" 
> whenever there are typos, that would put CLI to a new level :)
> 

It's a losing proposition!  The more you dumb down the software, the 
dumber the users get!

Michael Laajanen wrote:

>  Someone should make a replacement for bash called it gash which uses 
>  google to search for everycommand typed and issue a "did you mean" 
>  whenever there are typos, that would put CLI to a new level :)

Zsh has had spelling correction option for ages.

{lucifer}~> zsh
{lucifer}~> setopt correctall 
{lucifer}~> cat /etc/defaultroute  
zsh: correct '/etc/defaultroute' to '/etc/defaultrouter' [nyae]? y
192.168.100.100

It doesn't do google searches, but it's usually not necessary. :-)

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Hi,

Drazen Kacar wrote:
> Michael Laajanen wrote:
> 
>>  Someone should make a replacement for bash called it gash which uses 
>>  google to search for everycommand typed and issue a "did you mean" 
>>  whenever there are typos, that would put CLI to a new level :)
> 
> Zsh has had spelling correction option for ages.
> 
> {lucifer}~> zsh
> {lucifer}~> setopt correctall 
> {lucifer}~> cat /etc/defaultroute  
> zsh: correct '/etc/defaultroute' to '/etc/defaultrouter' [nyae]? y
> 192.168.100.100
> 
> It doesn't do google searches, but it's usually not necessary. :-)
> 

Does that also work if '/etc/defaultrouter' does not exist?

/michael

Michael Laajanen wrote:

>  Does that also work if '/etc/defaultrouter' does not exist?

Probably not, but I suppose it could be enhanced to look up for files from
the man pages. That should be better than google.

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