TCP/IP administration involves the procedures that you use
to configure your network. First you assemble the hardware. Then you configure
TCP/IP. This chapter explains how to configure TCP/IP. This chapter also addresses
how to troubleshoot TCP/IP problems.
Before you configure TCP/IP, complete the tasks that are listed in the
following table.
Description | For Instructions, Go To ... |
|---|
Design the network topology. | See Network Topology. |
Obtain a network number from your
Internet addressing authority. | See Designing Your IPv4 Addressing Scheme. |
Assemble the network hardware
depending on the network topology. Assure that the hardware is functioning
properly. | See the hardware
manuals and Network Topology. |
Run configuration software that
is required by network interfaces and routers, if applicable. | See Adding Routers and Configuring Routers for information on routers. |
Plan the IP addressing scheme
for the network. If applicable, include subnet addressing. | See Designing Your IPv4 Addressing Scheme and IPv6 Addressing. |
Assign IP numbers and host names
to all machines in the network. | See Designing Your IPv4 Addressing Scheme and IPv6 Addressing. |
Determine which name service your
network uses: NIS, NIS+, DNS, or local files. | See System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and
LDAP) and System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+). |
Select domain names for your network,
if applicable. | See System Administration Guide:
Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) and System Administration Guide:
Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+). |
Install the operating system on
at least one machine on the network. | See Solaris 9
Installation Guide. |
As a network administrator, you configure TCP/IP to run on hosts and
routers (if applicable). You can configure these machines to obtain configuration
information from files on the local machine or from files that are located
on other machines on the network. You need the following configuration information:
A machine that obtains TCP/IP configuration information from local files
operates in local files mode. A machine that obtains
TCP/IP configuration information from a remote machine operates in network client mode.
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