Home networking

[Fidel Ramirez_1]

I got a L2000 box runnig HP-UX 11.11 at home where I have simply a Linksys router connected to Internet. Is it possible to configure an IP, DNS, router IP, etc? If so, could you provide some hints? Thank you.

[Steven Schweda]

> Is it possible [...]?

Probably.

> [...] some hints?

How you do it may depend some on what you'd
like to do. Did you intend to use DHCP, or
to assign a static address to the HP-UX
system? You might try starting with SAM:

/usr/sbin/sam
Networking and Communications
Network Interface Cards

I tend to avoid DHCP for my serious systems,
so I know nothing except that there's a SAM
button labeled "Enable DHCP Client".

For a non-DHCP configuration, in many cases,
you'd just use the router's IP address for
the DNS server, default route, and so on, but
that would depend on how helpful the router
is willing to be. And, of course, choose an
address for the HP-UX system which is not in
the router's DHCP pool.

[VK2COT]

Hello,

Of course you can. Linksys is one of mainstream
routers that many use.

I suggest you check wealth of information at:

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/register.php

Cheers,

VK2COT

[Fidel Ramirez_1]

Thank you for your reply, Steven and Dusan.
Actually, I started configuring the system with the set_parms initial command but it couldn't contact the Linksys router. However, the network cable was connected to the router. I'll try again.
Another question: can a system be its own DNS server? I don't have any other system on the router and when running the set_parms it asks about the DNS server IP and domain.

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] but it couldn't contact the Linksys
> router.

What did you specify as the HP-UX system's IP
address (and netmask)? Contact how, Web
browser? How did you specify the router to
the Web browser? Which Linksys router?

What's the IP address of the router? (Look
in the manual? Ask some other system?)

> [...] the network cable was connected to
> the router.

Well, yeah. Isn't that the idea?

> [...] can a system be its own DNS server?

Its own, someone else's, ... You name it.

> [...] it asks about the DNS server IP and
> domain.

To get started, you might try specifying the
router's address for the DNS server. If it
insists on a having domain name, you can
probably specify something fictional, like,
say, "home.local".

You shouldn't need any DNS info just to talk
to the router. (Its IP address should be
enough for that.) DNS will help when you
want to talk to the outside world, though.

[Fidel Ramirez_1]

Steve, Your answers are very good. I'm at the office right now but when I get home I'll try using what you suggest. I'll post the results tomorrow.
Thank you again

[Steven Schweda]

> I'll post the results tomorrow.

Oh, ye of little confidence. If you get it
working, you won't need to wait until
tomorrow.

[Fidel Ramirez_1]

Steve, the L2000 is at home and I'm at the office right now!

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] the L2000 is at home and I'm at the
> office right now!

Yes, and once it's all connected to this
new-fangled InterWeb thing, you can run a Web
browser on it, and talk to this forum from
there. (At least that's how it works on my
home VMS system.)

You're not expecting more problems, are you?

[Hein van den Heuvel]

Fidel>>> I'll post the results tomorrow.

Steve>> Oh, ye of little confidence. If you get it working, you won't need to wait until
tomorrow.

Fidel> Steve, the L2000 is at home and I'm at the office right now

Right. And if you get it working, then you can post from home no? Or do you have a rule that you can only post about the home network while in the office?
Just joking, as Steve was.

For the setup... May we assume you have a working Windoze system connected? If so, just go to a command prompt there and issaue IPCONFIG /ALL.
That will nicely list gateway and DNS settings which should work.
And it will give you a hint to the IP address range NOT to use.

fwiw,
Hein.

[Fidel Ramirez_1]

Good idea, Hein van den.
Thank you!