Gundamdriver Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I have installed OpenBSD on VirtualBox this evening, everything seems fine, except the networking. I have enabled networking in VirtualBox to use "Host interface" as network connection of the virtual machine. This configuration does work for Windows Vista on another virtual machine. I then, in OpenBSD, checked /etc/hostname.em0, there is only a word dhcp, which suppose to make OpenBSD to get a private IP from DHCP server. I also checked /etc/resolv.conf, I leave a line, 192.168.1.1, which points to the router in my home. I then ifconfig em0 down and then ifconfig em0 up. However, after these steps, OpenBSD still cannot find host 192.168.1.1. I wonder if it is problem of OpenBSD or I missed something? I tried to use static IP for my OpenBSD too, but that didn't help. Thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budious Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Not sure about OpenBSD specifically, does it use the dhclient to obtain an IP address? Try using that command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolerodan Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I have installed OpenBSD on VirtualBox this evening, everything seems fine, except the networking.I have enabled networking in VirtualBox to use "Host interface" as network connection of the virtual machine. This configuration does work for Windows Vista on another virtual machine. I then, in OpenBSD, checked /etc/hostname.em0, there is only a word dhcp, which suppose to make OpenBSD to get a private IP from DHCP server. I also checked /etc/resolv.conf, I leave a line, 192.168.1.1, which points to the router in my home. I then ifconfig em0 down and then ifconfig em0 up. However, after these steps, OpenBSD still cannot find host 192.168.1.1. I wonder if it is problem of OpenBSD or I missed something? I tried to use static IP for my OpenBSD too, but that didn't help. Thanks for any input. I know in Linux just doing a ifconfig <interface> up/down does not reinitiate a request to the DHCP server for an IP address. It either takes the interface down or up. Using some sort of DHCP client is what gets the IP address from a dhcp server, as someone above has just mentioned. try outputting the results of ifconfig. Do you see a private IP address listed there for that interface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundamdriver Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 This afternoon I tried dhclient, DHCPDISCOVER still couldn't get a private IP from my router, perhaps there are some problems with the configuration of utility? I also made a search on Google, and I found this: http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/ne...ure_network.php The command ifconfig <IP> netmask <subnet mask> and route add default <gateway IP> helped me to get replies from ping google.com. The network is fine now, but it is using static IP (I want it to use DHCP). Perhaps I need to spend sometime on dhclient and /etc/dhclient.conf. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted October 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2008 This is more of a client issue than a server one - so... Moved Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budious Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 This is more of a client issue than a server one - so...Moved Here Maybe the sub-forum should include BSD Client in the title. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted October 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2008 Maybe the sub-forum should include BSD Client in the title. :rolleyes: And Hurd, and Solaris, and ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budious Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 And Hurd, and Solaris, and ...? 1) Linux/BSD/Unix Installation, Hardware, and OS Configuration Help 2) Linux/BSD/Unix Server Services Configuration and Help I think those two sub-forums would get posts categorized to be a lot more helpful in topic management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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