HI Corey That worked flawlessly..i got rid of the DHCP stuff by getting a static IP assigned to the mac id thanks a ton Pavan On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Corey R Clingo <corey.clingo@xxxxxxxx>wrote: > DHCP: In a word, don't, unless you really have a good reason to. You > shouldn't need to on a lab/test network. Not worth the hassle for a test, > and you sure don't want the IP address being yanked out from under you in > production. > > /etc/netmasks: No need to edit unless you have non-default netmasks (e.g., > more than 24 bits for a 192.168). Mine has nothing in it and the system > figured it out. > > > It can be as simple as choosing a hostname (don't use the same one as your > WP letterbug), entering it into a /etc/hostname.<if> file, where <if> is > the hardware name of your interface, making an entry for the WP and the > APC box in the WP's /etc/hosts file, maybe "ifconfig <if> plumb"-ing the > interface, then rebooting. > > > Corey > > > > > > From: > pavaneswara Reddy <mail.lp@xxxxxxxxx> > To: > foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: > 10/20/2011 09:57 AM > Subject: > [foxboro] connecting IA 6.3 to a network using secondary ethernet port for > an APC application > Sent by: > foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > hi all knowing list > I am trying to do a test setup of IA 6.3 (solaris 2.5.x) on a WP51D. I > need to connect this to a advanced application (APC ) in company lab > network > via a secondary ethernet port. Can some body help me with some pointers on > this front. > > some specific inputs i am looking for are > - how to configure DHCP on the machine ( do u need to > configure it at all) > - what are the changes that need to be done on the > /etc/netmasks file > - what are the changes that need to be done on the hosts > file > > the ethernet port is a Twisted-Pair 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Interface with > MII > Connector PCI Card. > > > thanks in advance > Pavan > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave