Whilst configuring my first Fedora 10 virtual laptop I used DHCP connections to connect to the outside world. I now want to configure the virtual systems to each have a fixed IP address so that they can be accessed from PCs over a network. (I don't actually need to connect to the Internet.) I have tried several times and looked on the Internet but can't seem to get things right. The link appears to start but I can't connect in or out between the virtual system and base Fedora installation on the machine.

My current configuration file contains:

(I had to type this info because I can't set up a shared file are without a network connection!)

DEVICE=eth0 I tried pan0 but there was a HW address problem

I removed the HW address in this version of the file

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=none

TYPE=Ethernet

USERCTL=no

IPV6INIT=no

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

IPADDR=217.154.nnn.nnn

NM_CONTROLLED=yes

PEERDNS=yes

GATEWAY=217.154.yyy.yyy

DNS1=zzz.zzz.zzz.1

DNS2=zzz.zzz.zzz.2


Any suggestions? Thanks, Brendan

How about defining a bit better what you mean by "virtual system"? Are you running VMware or something similar?

Thanks for the response. My systems are all Fedora 10 i.e. the base server and the virtual images within that server. Brendan

OK, lets try this again. I understand your host is a Fedora 10 server. However, you haven't said what you are using to run the virtual machines. The reason I'm asking is that it is highly likely that the solution to your problem depends on how you are running your virtual machines. The usual suspects are Xen, Virtualbox and VMware. These provide the environment that your virtual Fedora machines run inside.

I am using KVM, the default within Fedora 10 for virtual applications. Is there anything else you need to know?

Thanks. I'm not familiar with KVM, but we should be able to narrow down where the problem is. I'm going to assume that your using bridged networking, but if you are using NAT, please say so. There are really three things you need to look at in your VM and make sure they are right:

1) The fixed IP address. Does it show up correctly in ifconfig and is it the correct address?

2) The gateway. Look at the output of route -n on both your host and VM. They should both be pointing to the same IP address for a gateway, and that is likely the IP address of your router.

3) Your /etc/resolv.conf file. You need to have at least one nameserver in your /etc/resolv.conf file. The /etc/resolv.conf file on your host should serve as a guide.

One quick test to try is to try to connect to linuxquestions.org using the name, and then try to connect with the IP address (75.126.162.205). If the IP works, but the name fails, then you have a DNS problem. If neither work, either the route and/or IP address are goofed up or there is a basic problem with KVM networking.