Network problems in bridged mode

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serpent213
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Network problems in bridged mode

Post by serpent213 »

Hi,

after some fiddling I got Linux running on a FreeBSD 8.1 host in bridged mode with several IPs. I cloned the hosts MAC address and need to manually set the ARP entry for the gateway for some reason.

At least I can SSH into the guest now -- but the connection always breaks down after about 35 seconds. Outbound connections don't work either:

$ curl virtualbox.org
curl: (52) Empty reply from server

Also tried booting a different distribution from CD with the same results...

Any idea?

Kind regards,
Steffen
serpent213
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Joined: 21. Nov 2010, 12:41
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
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Guest OSses: Ubuntu, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows 7

Re: Network problems in bridged mode

Post by serpent213 »

Probably solved: upgraded from 3.2.8 to 3.2.10 and rebooted the host -- not sure what the issue was...
serpent213
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Joined: 21. Nov 2010, 12:41
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
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Guest OSses: Ubuntu, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows 7

Re: Network problems in bridged mode

Post by serpent213 »

Nope, problem reappeared after some idle time... :(
serpent213
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Joined: 21. Nov 2010, 12:41
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
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Re: Network problems in bridged mode

Post by serpent213 »

Rebuilt the setup using a host-only if. Seems to work better.
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