Configuring Network Interface on Solaris 10

The network card on my laptop was not auto detected by Solaris 10. The steps to add the device are given below:

1) Find the Network card's Device ID and Vendor ID (Login via Windows and check device properties)

2) As root, open /boot/solaris/devicedb/master and add the entry (eg):

pci8086,1092 pci8086,1092 net pci iprb.bef "Intel 82801DB PRO/100 VE Ethernet"

(where 8086 is the Device ID and 1092 is the Vendor ID)

3) Add the following entry to /etc/driver_aliases

iprb "pci8086,1092"

4) Enter the following commands to update the files:

devlinks
touch /reconfigure
reboot

5) On system restart, you can see the file "iprb0" present in the /etc folder.

6) Enter the following commands:

ifconfig iprb0 plumb
touch /etc/dhcp.iprb0
touch /etc/hostname.iprb0

touch /reconfigure
reboot

7) After system restart, enter ifconfig -a to check if an IP is assigned to the device via DHCP.