Help setting up NIS

I'm trying to set up NIS on Solaris 9...my first time using NIS. I am using the documentation provided by Sun but having no luck. After running ypinit -m, it does it's thing but bombs out. Error below:
make: Warning: Target `all' not remade because of errors
Current working directory /var/yp
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `k'
Error running Makefile.
Just a few notes. I have set the domainname and copied nsswitch.nis to nsswitch.conf.
Any ideas??

Well again:
The instructions "The first step in my lab is to set up a static ip address in my linksys wan interface" are insufficient. In order to setup a static IP address you need at least an IP address and a subnet mask. If the router is supposed to provide internet connectivity you also need a gateway IP address and at least one IP address of a DNS server.
Someone must provide this information unless you know to which network the WAN port of the router should be connected to and have all the IP information on that network.
But saying "set a static WAN IP address 1.2.3.4 on your router" is simply insufficient. It lacks the necessary information required to set up a static IP address. You need at least the subnet mask to set up anything at all. And you need gateway and DNS server IP addresses to get internet.
You should not fail for incomplete, insufficient information with the instructions....

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