cannot connect Host to Guest OS (vmware)

[icedT]

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)

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[icedT]

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. . .

[Andrew Cowan]

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 ?

[icedT]

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)

[Andrew Cowan]

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

[icedT]

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

[Andrew Cowan]

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.

[icedT]

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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. .

[Andrew Cowan]

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