DNS & routing on a new Solaris 10 installation

Hello all.
This will be my first time posting, so let me know if I breach ettiquette or something.
I just installed my Ultra 10 with Solaris 10, and I love the look of the OS. However, I can't ping or connect to anything on the network with the server, and it's frustrating me to no end. I'm logging in from the console as root, so that would put me in the global zone.
My configuration consists of an Earthlink router (192.168.1.1), and then a switch with wireless capability, and then the Solaris host (192.168.1.20). I have my DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf set up, and have /etc/defaultrouter set to 192.168.1.1. I still can't get anywhere. Of course my Windows box navigates the configuration without a problem... Just another reason to curse Microsoft... :)
I think the problem could be with my routing. A netstat -rn shows no default route,. The routes it does show all reflect 192.185.1.20, which is the IP of the server itself. I have tried setting my default route to 192.168.1.1 (Earthlink router), but it states that the network is unreachable.
Am I running into some problem with the global done, or a bug, or something? This shouldn't be that hard...
Ted

I am also using Solaris 10 on an x86...just installed it however I am having issues with the NIC....I installed a DLink card, the card rtls0 is detected by the computer, but am unablle to get a network.
ifconfig -a gives...
rtls0
inet 0.0.0.0 broadcast ffffomething subnet mask: 0.255.255.255
I tried using ifconfig rtls0 ip address broadcast ip subnet mask 255.255.255.0..
and then ifconfig rtls0 up
it shows some temp results....where the ip address is displayed
But when I reboot everything goes away...
I get a msg like this -
Failed to configure IPv4 interface.
rtls0 - backup in full duplex mode
RTLS doesnt support 0x1186 device id 0x1300....
Try svcs -x
Please help me...when I checked svcs...it seems that Solaris is trying to start the service but is not able to start it.
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