Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:32:04 -0500 From: Weihang Wang <weihang@vt.edu> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Timm Wimmers <timm@ticore.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Virtualbox: No network access Message-ID: <D9DB88AD-7AC6-4B50-A844-1E5C09B71AF7@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikzRuo9oWxxz9AEL47Ms9CfO%2BfnaAOF3ofB6%2B9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <BD9E30A7-919D-4145-A6B6-A9A086B6D7C2@vt.edu> <4CF87854.1030103@mgwigglesworth.net> <EA5E99C7-AA29-4D8B-BBAD-F1463C7B1CDA@vt.edu> <1291368354.2905.19.camel@SHR-42-002> <9B3337B8-3F20-4369-A637-207DEE43A143@vt.edu> <AANLkTikqz_0hhBRjsLYQh5wUn0xvJtC9UF7u7J7zYrGy@mail.gmail.com> <F64D1AE5-48CC-4A19-9CDF-9F74ADAD9B9F@vt.edu> <AANLkTikzRuo9oWxxz9AEL47Ms9CfO%2BfnaAOF3ofB6%2B9g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Dec 9, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Weihang Wang <weihang@vt.edu> wrote: >=20 >> I do not configure a DHCP server. When my FreeBSD 6.0 is booting, = there are >> several DHCPDISCOVERY messages, finally it shows no DHCPOFFER = received. Do I >> need to configure a DHCP server myself? If I need a DHCP server? >=20 >=20 > Bridged networking makes the guest behave like another physical = installation > with respect to networking. If your network doesn't have a DHCP = server then > for DHCP to work one is required. You don't need DHCP for networking > however, you could simply assign static addresses. >=20 >=20 >> Where it should be? Now I only have one test machine, Ubuntu as the = host >> OS, two VMs (both are FreeBSD 6.0) on this machine. I want this two = VMs >> communicate with each other. >>=20 >=20 > Why are you using such an old version of FreeBSD? >=20 > Just go back to the DHCP stuff, when I use NAT mode, the guest OS = FreeBSD >> 6.0 could get DHCPOFFER successfully. Who is the DHCP server then? >>=20 >=20 > In NAT mode, VirtualBox provides it's internal DHCP server. >=20 > When running dhclien em0, the results are similar to the DHCPDISCOVER >> results during booting. No DHCPOFFERS received. >>=20 >=20 >=20 Hi, I have to use FreeBSD 6.0 because the network stack I will test is only = based on 6.0. BTW, I am using internal networking mode now, these two = VMs could communicate with each other now. This mode seems could satisfy = my needs, because my VMs only need to communicate with each other, not = with the outside world. Thank you so much for help. Best, W.W.
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