On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Atishay Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi > > I have virtualbox installed on Windows Vista. I installed Kubuntu and > Solaris 10 on virtualbox. > > I want to communicate from vista to Solaris and Kubuntu machines so that I > can do remote debugging of a program running on Solaris/Kubuntu. > > I added a Virtual Box Host Interface on Vista and configured it to use > DHCP. I set up Networking for Kubuntu to use Virtual Box Host interface. > > After running kubuntu, I notice that its ip address is different from what > Virtual Box Host Interface has. > > .....On Windows.......... > Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host Interface 1: > > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1d82:d367:e086:f54c%30 > Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.245.76 > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : > > ........... > > -----On Kubuntu------- > etth2:avah inet addr : 169.254.3.355 > .............. > > My questions > > a) Shouldn't kubuntu have same ip as the virtual box Host interface > > b) I am able to ping both IP's from command line (cmd) but other > applications are not able to connect to 169.254.3.355. They simply report > that host does not exist? > > All Applications inculding ftp, ssh, telnet do not work as they find that > host does not exist. On Kubuntu, I am able to do this now. I am able to ssh and other connections are working fine. On Solaris, I do not get an IP at-all. I configured it to use Virtualbox Host Adapter and I tried to configure Solaris for DHCP (I don't know how Kubuntu got IP??). It did not work saying that it could not contact DHCP server. Atishay > > > c) What should I do ensure that two-way communication happens Guest and > Host OS > > > Thank You > > Atishay >
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