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Date:      Thu, 3 Sep 2015 21:54:48 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setting up network from virtual machine
Message-ID:  <55E8F9E8.9030005@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CD829B03-5D42-447B-8661-AA5752AC25AC@gmail.com>
References:  <CD829B03-5D42-447B-8661-AA5752AC25AC@gmail.com>

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On 2015-09-03 21:35, Fredrik wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This is I assume quite a basic issue. I'm trying to run FreeBSD 10.2 from a memory stick in a virtual machine. I have an issue with the network however. I first tried this in qemu and later tried in VirtualBox in the hopes that would work better. In VirtualBox I have set the network interface to bridge to my native interface, called en0 Ethernet.
> 
> If I try ifconfig em0 I see that the interface is active but no IP address is assigned. I tried to add a default route in /etc/rc.conf set to: defaultrouter="192.168.100.1" which is the IP of my router. I then rebooted the VM, but netstat -rn shows empty space under routing tables.
> 
> Could someone tell me what's going on here, or if I miss something (very likely). 
> 
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You cannot have a default route until you have an IP address. I assume
you are expecting an automatic IP address via DHCP?

so add:

ifconfig_em0="DHCP"

or run 'dhclient em0' if you want to do it manually

-- 
Allan Jude


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