[Gllug] IP address detection

will will at hellacool.co.uk
Mon Nov 15 22:11:23 UTC 2004


john.hearns at clustervision.com wrote:
>>Bought a sparc 20 for a fiver on ebay (I know, I know, but it was just five 
>>quid and it would make a good web server, honest).
>>
>>Box is here, powers up, hub says the ethernet connection is there - but I
>>have 
>>no monitor - so how do I detect what the IP address is so I can ssh or telnet
>>
>>my way into it?
> 
> Don't Sparcs run a serial console by default if there is no keyboard?

Yes, they do.  You can get a cable pretty cheaply.

A serial cable is most useful, especially with a sparc (I also have a 
sparc 20).

Will.
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