Setting Up the Network

During the installation of the operating system, you’ll use the Solaris software installation program to configure your network. The following are the network configuration files set up by the Solaris installation program:

/etc/hostname.interface

/etc/nodename

/etc/defaultdomain

/etc/inet/hosts

/etc/defaultrouter

/etc/hostname.interface

This file defines the network interfaces on the local host. At least one /etc/ hostname.<interface> file should exist on the local machine. The Solaris installation program creates this file for you. In the filename, <interface> is replaced by the device name of the primary network interface.

The file contains only one entry: the hostname or IP address associated with the network interface. ...

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