Network Install Connection AIX 4.3.3.0 All pheriphials should be on before RS6000 is fired up. Tim I installed on my peer to peer network as I hope to use Samba for AIX4.3 for AIX to communicate with my Windows computers. Tim my RS/6000 has an onboard network card so I have never done the procedure to install one. The following assumes it is installed and working ok. Make sure RS/6000 is attached via cat 5 cable to network. Tim I use a CentreCOM AT-210TS plugged into the ethernet connector on the back of the RS6000. The AT-210TS has a RJ45 connector. It also has lights to show it is working alright to your switch or hub. You can get the transceivers cheaply on Ebay. #smit/Communications/TCPIP/Min Config/en0 Host Name Make sure you do not use localhost I used oldage Internet Address Pick an address not used on your network I used 192.168.0.166 Network Mask 255.255.255.0 Network Interface en0 Nameserver Internet Address leave blank Domain Name leave blank Default Gateway use your router address, Mine is 192.168.0.1 Cable type N/A Start Now no hit okay to get smit going Smit says in output area en0 oldage inet0 changed en0 changed inet0 changed logout and login again to a command prompt In a text editor, I use vi #vi /etc/hosts it should show 127.0.0.1 loopbackj localhost #loopback (lp0) name/address 192.168.0.166 oldage #shutdown -r to reboot #ping 192.168.0.1 this is my router #ping 127.0.0.1 this is an internal AIX test #ping 192.168.0.130 this is my Win XP computer on network I now went onto my XP compter and pinged oldage on 192.168.0.166 To stop the ping on the RS6000 just hit CTRL C If Problems Logoff & CDE #cd /etc #pwd should be in /etc #vi netserv.conf this to make a new file hit i for insert mode in vi type in hosts=local,bind hit ESC twice to get back into command mode in vi type ZZ this closes vi and saves #ls | pg to see netsvc.conf created #cat netsvc.conf to see files lines reboot