[geeks] basic IRIX network questions

[Dave McGuire]

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 02:50 AM, Kevin wrote:
> my Octane came in today, my first experience with IRIX as i
> was never able to get it installed on my Indys.  IRIX looks
> pretty nice, but i really don;t have a clue what i'm doing
> yet.  Currently scouring the net for IRIX admin info.

   Congrats on your new machine!  I just got an Octane a few days ago 
myself, to replace my I^2 R10K.  It's a "small" Octane, R10K/175 SI, 
but I like it anyway. :-)

> Anyone know how i change router and name resolution settings?
> I did the network configuration but that only allowed me to
> setup the host name, IP and subnet mask.  I looked for
> resolve.conf but no such luck.

   If you want to use the GUI, open "System Manager" and click on 
"Modify Networking Settings".  It's all in there.  I generally dislike 
using GUIs instead of simply editing the files, but IRIX's graphical 
interface to that stuff is actually pretty nice.

   Alternatively, you can edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf 
(without the "e") for DNS support.

   Good luck with your new machine!

             -Dave

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