problem with VMware network

EspadaV8 · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

hey y'all

I've managed to install Gentoo and got it to reboot off the (virtual) hard drive. At first it was unable to bring up eth0 but i messed around with the kernel and got the right modules selected and now it can bring it up.

However, when I try and emerge something (anything) it says

Connecting to W.X.Y.Z ... failed: Network is unreachable

I've got the same set up in /etc/conf.d/net as what was used on the LiveCD and that worked fine

iface_eth0="192.16.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"

everything else in that file is commented out

Thanks for any help
Andy

fifo · Guru Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 437

EspadaV8 · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

yes, sorry, it should be 192.168.0.2

Where abouts is the default gateway set? the line in /etc/conf.d/net at the bottom is commented out, just as in the version on the LiveCD.

And yes has been added to the default runlevel

i'm sure if it's any use but th outpur from /sbin/ifconfig is as follows...

Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:9B:9B:FD
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROARDCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2253 (2.2 Kb) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x10c0

thats just for eth0, lo is there as well of course.

Thanks again for any help

fifo · Guru Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 437

EspadaV8 · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

i've uncommented the line and restarted net.eth0 but I'm still unable to download anything with emerge. I've also tried pinging IP address and websites. if i try ping www.kernel.org i get an unknown host error message, if i try ping 204.152.189.116 then it just hangs until i press CTRL-C and then it tells me it's trasmitted so many pactets and revieced none

Thanks again

EspadaV8 · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

I've managed to get it working now, i've changed the IP to 192.168.0.5 and the gateway to 192.168.0.2 and everything seems to be working and i'm trying an emerge sync.

thanks for your help
andy

hch3 · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 9

EspadaV8 · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

hey, don't know if you still haven't got it working and sorry about the long delay in replying, i've been having trouble with windows in general and just finished a re-install.

I haven't got VMware installed again just yet but i'll be doing it sometime soon, then I can check everything through before i post something that might not work, I have a rough idea of what i did but I want to be sure first. All i can remember is checking something in the VMware network settings to get the IP address and gateway it uses, but i can't remember where i found them in there.

I'll get back to you soon
Andy

hch3 · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 9

yeah...i'm still interested in knowing what you did...it works fine when i boot up the livecd, but it isnt detected when i check dmesg...reallly weird...

EspadaV8 · n00b Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

Ok, got VMware running now.

In VMware I'm using a NAT for NIC1 which is setup to connect at startup. Then to find out what the settings are you can open up the "Manage Virtual Networks" for VMware. The summary tab should tell you what vitural network is used for the NAT connections (in my case it's VMnet8) then you can go to the DHCP tab and select the correct Virtual Network and get properites. This will tell you most of the info you need. The first thing you want is the Start IP Address, this tells you the first IP you can use in the VM, you can use any IP between the start and finish IP. You'll also find the Broadcast Address and the Netmask. Once you've got all that you then need to go back and go to the NAT tab and note down the Gateway IP of VMnet8.

You then need to enter this into the

infecticide · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:00 am Post subject:

I've tried all the above and it still doesn't work. eth0 shows up in ifconfig but as indicated above it hangs on ping until a CTRL+C and shows packets sent and none returned. Kernel modules are loaded as indicated above as well.

Any other suggestions?[/code]

infecticide · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:35 am Post subject:

Problem solved by reinstalling VMWare. Apparently for some reason the NAT daemon failed to start anymore.

revertex · l33t Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 806

you need to start vmware network stuff.

infecticide · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:41 am Post subject:

I'm using a Windows XP Host... :!:

revertex · l33t Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 806