Ian Donaldson wrote:

> I have recently purchased a Powerlite 110 Laptop (£60) preloaded with a
> new install of Sol 9, as this laptop has no CD I presume Sol 9 was
> installed over a network. After logging in as root I did a sys-unconfig
> and setup the machine with the appropriate settings for my home network,
> so far so good. Unfortunately I cannot get the Powerlite to ping any of
> the hosts on the network. From the Powerlite I can ping its interface
> with both 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.50. and checking with my
> Ultra60,ifconfig -a and netstat -i both give similar results. I have also
> tried a few different cables.
>
>
>
>
>
> lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
> le0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
> inet 192.168.0.50etmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
>
> lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
> hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
> inet 192.168.0.60 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
>
>
>
>
> Name Mtu Net/Dest Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis
> Queue
> lo0 8232 loopback localhost 276 0 276 0 0 0
>
> hme0 1500 powerlite powerlite 0 0 53 1 0 0
>
>
> Name Mtu Net/Dest Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis
> Queue
> lo0 8232 loopback localhost 6465 0 6465 0 0
> 0
> hme0 1500 ultra60 ultra60 3265 0 3680 0 0 0
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
>

Does a netstat -r show a route for 192.168.0.0? Also, your netstat -i prints
show both machines using HME0 where your ifconfig print shows that the
Powerlite has an LE0 instead.

The first thing I'd check is that you have a route for your local network.

P.