topic Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware) in Operating System - Linux

cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

icedT — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:57:14 GMT

hi. i installed winxp as guest os in slack 12.0 i chose BRIDGE network BUT i cant connect (transfer files) from host to guest and vice versa. . .

btw my winxp firewall is not active. . .

then host unreachable whenever i ping the IP of winxp (tru command line)

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:11:57 GMT

Shalom,

Check networking on the windows side , ipcconfig.

If there is no ip address there play with vmware until you get an ip.

If there is an ip address, check what services are running.

netstat -an look for the daemon listening on the proper port.

SEP

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

icedT — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:04:58 GMT

yes there is an ip in my winxp when i do ipconfig /all BUT i cant be ping by my host slack. . host unreacble it says. . .

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

Andrew Cowan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:43:47 GMT

Do you have any network bridging configured? Try looking at brctl, and also ensure that you don't have any rogue routes.

If the vmware services are running the "bridged" IP address should be the same as your real host. Can you provide the output from ifconfig -a ?

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

icedT — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:48:44 GMT

starting vmware :

root@darkstar:/var/log# /etc/rc.d/vmware start
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Starting VMware virtual machines... done

ifconfig -a

root@darkstar:/var/log# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:95:33:C1:B4
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 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:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xc800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:203.215.125.227 P-t-P:202.78.97.139 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3947 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3874 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:2790804 (2.6 MiB) TX bytes:538578 (525.9 KiB)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.217.1 Bcast:192.168.217.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:172.16.251.1 Bcast:172.16.251.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

Andrew Cowan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:59:26 GMT

Why doesn't eth0 have a valid IP-address assigned to it? This could be the source of your problem.

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

icedT — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:24:08 GMT

hmm so how can this be resolved? sorry i am really weak in networking stuff :(

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

Andrew Cowan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:48:36 GMT

I would start by looking at the contents of your "/etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth0" file and/or run "system-config-network" to see what Linux thinks is happening with the card. Another approach would be to disable any VMWare services then reboot your system and see if the card starts off with a valid address, and that the comms work OK.

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

icedT — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:38:01 GMT

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I would start by looking at the contents of your "/etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth0" file and/or run "system-config-network" to see what Linux thinks is happening with the card. Another approach would be to disable any VMWare services then reboot your system and see if the card starts off with a valid address, and that the comms work OK.
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searched /etc and i think i dont have the file you have mentioned. . .

2. how can i run system-config-network

3. i already stopped vmware script but still running ifconfig -a displays the same. .

Re: cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

Andrew Cowan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:40:44 GMT

Sorry I assumed Redhat, I'm not a Slackware expert so think you may have to google for some answers. Sorry.