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Hi,

I am using LINKSYS Wireless card & Dell Laptop for accessing the
internet. Recently, I bought the Sun Workstation – 150.

Requirement
A) I would like to connect my LAPTOP and Sun Workstation
B) Is it possible through the SW-150 to access the internet

Requirement –A :

Is it possible to connect the WS-150 and Laptop using the Ethernet
cable (Network cable). There is a Ethernet hole(eri)in WS-150 (please
see the web site as follows
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunBlade150/component.rear.html


I am Oracle Certified DBA. I would like to work around in this WS-150.
I know little about OS installation, Disk partitioning, …

Could you please explain, what are the additional Hardware required
for this environment. I am not worried about accessing the internet
using WS-150. I need to make connection between my LAPTOP and WS-150
for transferring the data between machine.


Please help, Please give step by step instruction and additional
hardware details, Thanks in advance for your great help.

 

Do you mean a Sun Blade 150?

The easiest would be a CAT5 crossover cable. The next would
be a small hub (2 ports minimum, of course, but 4 ports are
usually the smallest generally available, which is good because
you could also add a printer etc.) and 2 regular CAT5 cables.

Yes, the Blade is Internet ready, so to speak. You just need
to configure it.

See above.

A crossover cable would be the simplest but a hub and normal
CAT5 cables would be better in the long term. I'm not sure
what other hardware requirements you are looking at. You could
also use a serial connection between the two with a null modem
cable but serial is far slower than using a networked connection.

-am © 2003

 

Dear Anthony Mandic,

YOU ARE THE MAN....!!!!!! IT IS WORKING. I BOUGHT A HUB AND TWO CAT5
CABLES
I DEFINE THE NETWORK SETTING AS FOLLOWS
HARDWARE SETTING DETAILS :-

SB-150=>Ethernet slot=>CAT5 cable => HUB-slot2, HUB-slot1 => CAT5
cable =>
=> LAPTOP Network slot/Eithernet slot

IN THE SERVER SIDE
I have used sys-unconfig and defined as follows
IP : 192.168.1.155
SUBNET MAKS : 255.255.255.0
AND NETWORK SETTING IPv4 not IPv6, no DHCP,Kerbose ...

IN THE LAPTOP SIDE
I enabled the LAN NETWORK CONNECTION (TCP/IP)
START => CONTROL PANEL => NETWORK => LOCAL AREA CONNECTION =>
=> PROPERTIES => TCP/IP => PROPERTIES => USE THE FOLLOWING IP
IP : 192.168.1.103
SUBNET MASK : 255.255.255.0

NOW, IN THE DOS COMMAND, I CAN ABLE TO PING/TELENT 192.168.1.155

THANKS TO ANTHONY MANDIC, HE IS WELL WISHER ....


New Requirement :

a) How can I enable the internet in my SB-150 ?

FYI, My DSL/CABLE & ROUTER is placed on First FLOOR, My server and
laptop
is in ground floor, Currently, I am accessing the DSL/CABLE MODEM &
ROUTER
using the LAPTOP-LINKSYS Wireless PC Card. But, LINKSYS-WIRELESS PC
card is
not suitable for SB-150,

Hence, I bought WIRELESS EITHERNET BRIDGE, This
Wireless Eithernet Bridge will talk to HUB, HUB will take to SB-150
(That is my assumbtion). I have the setting as follows

SB-150 => CAT5 cable => HUB-Slot 2, HUB-Slot 3=> WIRELESS EITHERNET
BRIDGE (LINKS)~~~~~>antenna~~~~> LINKS-WIRELESS ROUTER => LINKS
CABLE/DSL MODEM

OR

LAPTOP => CAT5 cable => HUB-Slot 1, HUB-Slot 3=> WIRELESS EITHERNET
BRIDGE (LINKS) ~~~~> LINKS-WIRELESS ROUTER => LINKS CABLE/DSL MODEM


Do you think, this setting will help me. How can i access my DSL ?
Please
help me.

Thanks in advance. ...


BEST OF LUCK FOR EVER ...

KAL

 

You could use any spare ports for a network printer (much faster
than a parallel or serial connection) and/or shared Internet
connectivity.

Yes, looks good.

Yes, that should work. You could also run a CAT5 cable from the
router to the hub. But that depends on any wiring issues. It will
be faster than the wireless link though, so its worth considering.

Yes, that should work. The only remaining issue is either setting
up a firewall and using your internal IP address range or setting
something up with NAT. The former would probably be easier for
you. If you do a search thru the Sun newsgroups (comp.sys.sun.*
and comp.unix.solaris) you should find enough tips. Use the name
of your router as a key word, or DSL or cable or even Linksys.

Basically, your router or DSL device could be set up to block
incoming ports etc. (this depends on the model and what it
offers). However, you shouldn't ignore security on the internal
clients. Do a search for "Hardening Solaris" for tips on securing
Solaris.

-am © 2003