Solaris 10 and networking problem

markleadbitter · Post by **markleadbitter** » 21. Oct 2008, 11:48

Apologies if this has already been discussed before, but I'm having a problem with getting the network to work on my Solaris 10 image. I'm running VirtualBox on my Vista laptop. I have a WinXP image that works fine using NAT. From within the image I can browse corporate network and also browse internet. I assumed, rightly or wrongly, that NAT would be what I'd need for the Solaris image. After booting the image (WinXP not running), I have a pcn0 interface plumbed using a fixed IP address. My default gateway etc are also set. I can't ping anything on the network and I can ping Solaris 10 from my Vista host.

Does anyone have any advice?

Many thanks.

Post by **SSCBrian** » 21. Oct 2008, 13:29

If you're using NAT, you use DHCP, not a static address.

markleadbitter · Post by **markleadbitter** » 21. Oct 2008, 15:15

Many thanks. I'll use DHCP to get around the issue.

Out of interest, what do I use if I wish to use a fixed IP and still be able to view network devices/internet etc?

Post by **Sasquatch** » 21. Oct 2008, 20:28

With NAT, the Guest has to be set to DHCP. Ping won't work because of the nature of NAT.

If you want your Guest to be fully accessible on the network, you have to use HIF and a bridge to get what you want. Read the manual about this (chapter 6).