OK, this is really annoying. I didn't think setting up networking on my NeXTstation would be so hard, maybe I'm just missing something.
I've edited the host config file, and created another file with my DNS addresses in there.
From the terminal I can ping to my iMac's IP locally, so that must mean LAN is working.
However I cannot ping any internet websites, so its not online for some reason.
Also - even though its on the LAN, howcome I can't access my iMac (running Tiger) through the Workspace Manager? I thought I was meant to get a globe or something up on the shelf where it shows all computers on the network.
Can you ping your default gateway (internal ip of your router)? It sounds like a gateway issues.
Wackymacs I posted a URL to you where you can download the .pdf of what used to be on Tim Luoma's site @ Peak. Use that that has always worked great for me, back up your home folder first though as part of the process might delete you user acc iirc.
Cheers
Michael Bramley
hosts is just that hosts.
For dns servers they are in /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 4.2.2.4
search mydomain.com
Thats enough to get you going.... Oh and put your domain name instead of mydomain.com :)
Quote from: "neozeed"hosts is just that hosts.
For dns servers they are in /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 4.2.2.4
search mydomain.com
Thats enough to get you going.... Oh and put your domain name instead of mydomain.com :)
I think that's what he meant by "and created another file with my DNS addresses in there. "
I had told him in a PM to creat the resolv.conf file.
Can someone send me the link to the doc? Seems like IRIX 6.5 type file hacking is needed on NeXT to make it internet ready...
Can you do a setenv command at the Rom Monitor to reconfigure the interface's IP address?
Quote from: "matrix01"Can someone send me the link to the doc? Seems like IRIX 6.5 type file hacking is needed on NeXT to make it internet ready...
Can you do a setenv command at the Rom Monitor to reconfigure the interface's IP address?
No you can't set the IP address from the ROM monitor. The IP address is set by the hostconfig file at bootup.
Here is a link for getting your NeXT on a network. It was on the Peak site:
http://www.blackcube.org/downloads/NS_CableModem.pdf I usually edit the hostconfig file manually. It's easier than jacking with Netinfo. To get to the single user run mode use the instructions for resetting the root password.
http://www.blackcube.org/next_files/single-user.html
Ok worked like a charm, thanks!
Is there anything else to do but change hostconfig and create resolv.conf in order to get on network? That is usually all I have had to do to get these systems on the network, but this ColorTurbo is not behaving the same. I can ping ip's both inside and outside the network, but do not get any dns name resolution. Pinging an internet server like www.google.com just hangs until the timeout value is reached. The machine had no resolv.conf, so I created it and added values that work on my other systems for this network.
Any thoughts?
Chef