Centos 5.1 Host - Host Interface Net flakey XP fails
Posted: 30. May 2008, 18:53
HI,
I have a centos 5.1 server was running Xen. Got sick of trying to make various distros work. Vbox looked promising.
It installed perfectly, Kernel modules built GUI up all guest additions worked etc. I have the following config.
Centos 5.1 Host 2xGB Etehrnet Adaptors, fixed IP in 192.168.0.x
br0 bridge configured and Eth1 added to the bridge
vbox0 to 3 Host Interface adaptors configured and working
VBoxAddIF vboxN root br0
ifconfig - shows everything OK
Centos 5.1 Guest
Assigned using HIN to vbox0 Fixed IP on the 192.168.0.x network
all is well - ping everywhere all services up and working
Elastix PBX (Centos 5) Guest
Assigned using HIN to vbox1 Fixed IP on the 192.168.0.x network
all is well - ping everywhere all services up and working
Windows XP Pro SP2
Assigned using HIN to vbox2 fixed IP on the 192.168.0.x network
No networking, cannot ping anything. Not even the bridge.
Tried DHCP (no IP gets assigned)
Works if using NAT (NO USE TO ME)
Tried all three network adaptors even downloaded XP driver for the INTEL PRO CARD install perfectly - HIN does not work
ifconfig output on SSH terminal connection
[root@xen ~]# ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:192.168.0.x Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:559471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:29926741 (28.5 MiB) TX bytes:16846 (16.4 KiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:192.168.0.x Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12901642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13509438 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:888889959 (847.7 MiB) TX bytes:19131093 (18.2 MiB)
Base address:0x2500 Memory:effe0000-f0000000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2659220 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2106199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:189498100 (180.7 MiB) TX bytes:784270943 (747.9 MiB)
Base address:0x2540 Memory:effc0000-effe0000
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:2240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4453174 (4.2 MiB) TX bytes:4453174 (4.2 MiB)
vbox0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2105067 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2111609 errors:0 dropped:176 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:775577345 (739.6 MiB) TX bytes:141861469 (135.2 MiB)
vbox1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:795 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12233 errors:0 dropped:572 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:162784 (158.9 KiB) TX bytes:985913 (962.8 KiB)
vbox2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:1673 overruns:1 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:66537 (64.9 KiB) TX bytes:60 (60.0 b)
vbox3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:10634 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@xen ~]#
As you can see all seems perfect. Everything boots perfectly, no errors all green. Just HIN does not work in XP. Can anyone help please. I thought I may have the answer with VBOX happy to sacrifice (a little) performance over a XEN VM for the fexibility of any distro (within reason).
If I cannot make this work then its back to XEN!
Also had to uninstall all vbox HIN adaptors (vbox0-3) and reinstall them after all networking stopped in the VM's (may have been due to rebooting many, many, many times.) Also, the bridge seems to hold onto any Fixed IP's configured in the VM's even if you change them and reboot the VM, pinging the old IP still works, so it is still attached to the bridge!!!
Any help would be appreciated, getting to the end of my tether now after instlling evrything twice minimum.
Cheers
Spart
I have a centos 5.1 server was running Xen. Got sick of trying to make various distros work. Vbox looked promising.
It installed perfectly, Kernel modules built GUI up all guest additions worked etc. I have the following config.
Centos 5.1 Host 2xGB Etehrnet Adaptors, fixed IP in 192.168.0.x
br0 bridge configured and Eth1 added to the bridge
vbox0 to 3 Host Interface adaptors configured and working
VBoxAddIF vboxN root br0
ifconfig - shows everything OK
Centos 5.1 Guest
Assigned using HIN to vbox0 Fixed IP on the 192.168.0.x network
all is well - ping everywhere all services up and working
Elastix PBX (Centos 5) Guest
Assigned using HIN to vbox1 Fixed IP on the 192.168.0.x network
all is well - ping everywhere all services up and working
Windows XP Pro SP2
Assigned using HIN to vbox2 fixed IP on the 192.168.0.x network
No networking, cannot ping anything. Not even the bridge.
Tried DHCP (no IP gets assigned)
Works if using NAT (NO USE TO ME)
Tried all three network adaptors even downloaded XP driver for the INTEL PRO CARD install perfectly - HIN does not work
ifconfig output on SSH terminal connection
[root@xen ~]# ifconfig
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:192.168.0.x Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:559471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:29926741 (28.5 MiB) TX bytes:16846 (16.4 KiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:192.168.0.x Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12901642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13509438 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:888889959 (847.7 MiB) TX bytes:19131093 (18.2 MiB)
Base address:0x2500 Memory:effe0000-f0000000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2659220 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2106199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:189498100 (180.7 MiB) TX bytes:784270943 (747.9 MiB)
Base address:0x2540 Memory:effc0000-effe0000
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:2240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4453174 (4.2 MiB) TX bytes:4453174 (4.2 MiB)
vbox0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2105067 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2111609 errors:0 dropped:176 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:775577345 (739.6 MiB) TX bytes:141861469 (135.2 MiB)
vbox1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:795 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12233 errors:0 dropped:572 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:162784 (158.9 KiB) TX bytes:985913 (962.8 KiB)
vbox2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:1673 overruns:1 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:66537 (64.9 KiB) TX bytes:60 (60.0 b)
vbox3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:10634 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@xen ~]#
As you can see all seems perfect. Everything boots perfectly, no errors all green. Just HIN does not work in XP. Can anyone help please. I thought I may have the answer with VBOX happy to sacrifice (a little) performance over a XEN VM for the fexibility of any distro (within reason).
If I cannot make this work then its back to XEN!
Also had to uninstall all vbox HIN adaptors (vbox0-3) and reinstall them after all networking stopped in the VM's (may have been due to rebooting many, many, many times.) Also, the bridge seems to hold onto any Fixed IP's configured in the VM's even if you change them and reboot the VM, pinging the old IP still works, so it is still attached to the bridge!!!
Any help would be appreciated, getting to the end of my tether now after instlling evrything twice minimum.
Cheers
Spart