How to Configure a Host

• Become superuser and change to the /etc directory.

• Type the host name of the machine in the file /etc/nodename.

• For example, if the name of the host is tenere, type tenere in the file.

• Create a file named /etc/hostname.interface for each network interface

• Type either the interface IP address or the interface name in each /etc/hostname.interface file.

• Type the host's fully qualified domain name in the /etc/defaultdomain file.

• Type the router's name in /etc/defaultrouter

• Type the name of the default router and its IP addresses in /etc/inet/hosts

• If your network is subnetted, type the network number and the netmask in the file /etc/inet/netmasks.

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