Re: which IP+gateway for Freebsd guest VM in VMware workstation
On 12/27/2009 2:36 PM, Len Conrad wrote: Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html thanks, I've been setting up FreeBSD for 10 years, and have multimple FreeBSD VMs running in several ESXi hosts. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I just didn't know your experience with FreeBSD. [snip] The physical Ethernet adapter has a fixed public IP. I have only one public IP from the ISP. In the VMWare Virtual Network Editor, this i/f is listed as VNnet0, Type Bridged, Connected column is -, and Subnet Address is - [snip] I'd like to stay with bridged. You have only one IP address from your ISP, you can't use bridged, since bridged configuration will connect the guest's ethernet to another physical ethernet and that's all. You'll have to have another IP address to assign to the guest. Since you don't, you have to use some form of NAT to share the host's IP with the guest(s). [snip] ifconfig shows em0 with .98 and correct broadcast IP, but status: no carrier This is interesting, why a virtual ethernet would report no carrier? It probably indicates a hardware problem. Or at least a wrong combination of FreeBSD driver + VMware virtual hardware version. Could you boot another version of FreeBSD just to check if the em interface finds the ethernet's carrier? Assuming that you are trying to install 8.0 release, try the latest from the 7 branch... I recall that there were some problems with FreeBSD-8.0-CURRENT regarding em network interfaces a few months ago, but I never saw them myself and I was a heavy user of VMware workstation the months before 8.0 release. [snip] I'd like to be able to ssh/ftp into the FreeBSD VM from Internet, so I'd prefer to stay away from DHCP for the FreeBSD VM networking. I am not really sure if you can achieve this, without a second IP address from your ISP. Can VMware workstation do any other form of NAT besides translating the host's IP to the guest's IP??? Anyway, investigate a bit more on the no carrier problem and post back to the list. Perhaps, another list that's a good candidate for such questions is: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation Though it mainly is for solutions running *on* FreeBSD, guys and girls there, tend to be knowledgeable about solutions running on *something* and having FreeBSD as a guest OS. HTH, Nikos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: which IP+gateway for Freebsd guest VM in VMware workstation
On 12/27/2009 12:10 AM, Len Conrad wrote: VMWare has lots of info how to set up the (Windows XP) VMWare Workstation networking side, but not much on setting up networking in the guest OS. I've tried NAT and bridging, no DHCP, and can't ping anything except the localhost IPs. XP ipconfig shows the fixed IP, plus 2 192.168.c.d IPs from VMnet1 and VMnet8. I'm sure this is really simple, but my experimentation has come up with zilch. Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html The guest OS will have an em0 interface which is connected to a host interface VMnet1, VMnet8 or similar. Actually the guest's networking configuration is simpler than the host's one. You should configure the em interface with an appropriate IP address: 1) Bridging: WinXP fixed IP and FreeBSD fixed IP for example, WinXP 192.168.10.100 and FreeBSD 192.168.10.101 2) host to host: WinXP 192.168.c.d and FreeBSD 192.168.c.x for example, WinXP 192.168.20.100 and FreeBSD 192.168.20.101 3) NAT: WinXP 192.168.e.d and FreeBSD 192.168.e.x for example, WinXP 192.168.30.100 and FreeBSD 192.168.30.101 Keep in mind that using DHCP is much more easy as you don't have to search for the appropriate address yourself, the VMware's DHCP server will offer it. Using DHCP from the FreeBSD side is as easy as typing dhclient em0. HTH, Nikos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: which IP+gateway for Freebsd guest VM in VMware workstation
VMWare has lots of info how to set up the (Windows XP) VMWare Workstation networking side, but not much on setting up networking in the guest OS. I've tried NAT and bridging, no DHCP, and can't ping anything except the localhost IPs. XP ipconfig shows the fixed IP, plus 2 192.168.c.d IPs from VMnet1 and VMnet8. I'm sure this is really simple, but my experimentation has come up with zilch. Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html thanks, I've been setting up FreeBSD for 10 years, and have multimple FreeBSD VMs running in several ESXi hosts. The guest OS will have an em0 interface it does. which is connected to a host interface VMnet1, VMnet8 or similar. XP ipconfig shows: Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.219.1 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.198.1 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : The physical Ethernet adapter has a fixed public IP. I have only one public IP from the ISP. In the VMWare Virtual Network Editor, this i/f is listed as VNnet0, Type Bridged, Connected column is -, and Subnet Address is - Actually the guest's networking configuration is simpler than the host's one. yeah, right! :) It's too simple for me. You should configure the em interface with an appropriate IP address: 1) Bridging: WinXP fixed IP and FreeBSD fixed IP for example, WinXP 192.168.10.100 and FreeBSD 192.168.10.101 I'd like to stay with bridged. the XP fixed ip is a.b.c.99, and I set the em0 to a.b.c.98. /etc/rc.d/netif restart /etc/rc.d/routing restart ifconfig shows em0 with .98 and correct broadcast IP, but status: no carrier 2) host to host: WinXP 192.168.c.d and FreeBSD 192.168.c.x for example, WinXP 192.168.20.100 and FreeBSD 192.168.20.101 3) NAT: WinXP 192.168.e.d and FreeBSD 192.168.e.x for example, WinXP 192.168.30.100 and FreeBSD 192.168.30.101 Just to get something going, I have tried NAT: from xp ipfconfig above: xp @ 192.168.219.1 the VMWare Virtual Network Editor shows the NAT network with gateway 192.168.219.2, so I put that in /etc/rc.conf, and set the FreeBSD rc.conf IP to 192.168.219.3. /etc/rc.d/netif restart /etc/rc.d/routing restart and always get status: no carrier xp can ping itself at 192.168.219.1, but can't ping .2 or .3 FreeBSD VM can't ping anything but itself. Keep in mind that using DHCP is much more easy as you don't have to search for the appropriate address yourself, the VMware's DHCP server will offer it. Using DHCP from the FreeBSD side is as easy as typing dhclient em0. I'd like to be able to ssh/ftp into the FreeBSD VM from Internet, so I'd prefer to stay away from DHCP for the FreeBSD VM networking. Len ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
which IP+gateway for Freebsd guest VM in VMware workstation
VMWare has lots of info how to set up the (Windows XP) VMWare Workstation networking side, but not much on setting up networking in the guest OS. I've tried NAT and bridging, no DHCP, and can't ping anything except the localhost IPs. XP ipconfig shows the fixed IP, plus 2 192.168.c.d IPs from VMnet1 and VMnet8. I'm sure this is really simple, but my experimentation has come up with zilch. Len ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
