EZsetup of the Network
SGI has an account called EZsetup which logs in and does basic
network configuration.
Login as EZsetup
Previously, you should have given the
EZsetup account a password. Login as EZsetup now with the
password you chose earlier. It will automagically run the setup
program.
Fill in EZsetup fields
Specify that you are the primary user and default to
root and name Super-User unless you think there's a good
reason to change these. Specify the system name and IP address. I use
the fully qualified domain name (FQDN, like
wirehead.hq.nasa.gov because I've found some software wants the
FQDN rather than the simple hostname (eg: wirehead). You
should doublecheck later to ensure that this has been entered
correctly into /etc/sys_id and /etc/hosts.
If appropriate, select the default netmask. At HQ, we use a
Class B address, but subnet it into Class C networks; we unselect this
and specify 0xffffff0 or 255.255.255.0 as the
netmask. You'll probably have to change this later in
/etc/gateways.
Leave the question about the host with the host list blank.
The system will want to reboot. Let it. When it comes up again,
you should finish configuring the
network.
Chris Shenton