I have 2 machines ebdb1 (Oracle VM machine) and aasbanas (Openfiler). ebdb1 has 3 interfaces and aasbanas has 2. Following are contents of /etc/hosts file on both

192.168.1.81 ebas1
192.168.1.61 ebdb1
192.168.1.62 ebdb2
192.168.1.30 aasbanas
192.168.2.11 ebdb1-priv
192.168.2.12 ebdb2-priv
192.168.1.71 ebdb1-vip
192.168.1.72 ebdb2-vip
192.168.2.31 aasbanas-priv

Now I can ping ebdb1 and aasbanas from both machines but can't ping ebdb1-priv and aasbanas-priv from eachother and get error "Destination Host Unreachable". Following is some dianostic data.

/etc/resolv.conf on both machine has following line.
nameserver 192.168.1.1

[root@ebdb1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
HOSTNAME=ebdb1
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

[root@aasbanas ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=aasbanas
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
NETWORKING_IPV6=no

[root@aasbanas ~]# ping ebdb1-priv
PING ebdb1-priv (192.168.2.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
.... HANGS here.

[root@ebdb1 ~]# ping aasbanas-priv
PING aasbanas-priv (192.168.2.31) 56(84) bytes of data.
From ebdb1-priv (192.168.2.11) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From ebdb1-priv (192.168.2.11) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable

[root@ebdb1 ~]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

[root@aasbanas ~]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0


[root@ebdb1 ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:3E:1D:97:2F
inet addr:192.168.1.61 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:3eff:fe1d:972f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
RX packets:14550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2736590 (2.6 MiB) TX bytes:243681 (237.9 KiB)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:3E:0A:4EA
inet addr:192.168.2.11 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:3eff:fe0a:4eda/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:8502 (8.3 KiB)

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:3E:38:A2:A0
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

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:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:9520 (9.2 KiB) TX bytes:9520 (9.2 KiB)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[root@aasbanas ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:43:00:45:3E
inet addr:192.168.1.30 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:43ff:fe00:453e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
RX packets:5883 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3853 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:438269 (427.9 Kb) TX bytes:257501 (251.4 Kb)
Interrupt:16

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E4:8B:B3:6D
inet addr:192.168.2.31 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:fe8b:b36d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
RX packets:4369 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1081 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:347549 (339.4 Kb) TX bytes:35678 (34.8 Kb)
Interrupt:16

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:1058 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1058 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:19460 (19.0 Kb) TX bytes:19460 (19.0 Kb)

Where do you connect eth1 of the "ebdb1" to? And where do you connect eth1 of the "aasbanas" to?

I'm sorry if I mis-understood your question. ebdb1 is VM on server connected to router and aasbanas is also connected to same router.

Any help on this issue will be really appreciated.

Can you ping 192.168.2.31 on aasbanas and 192.168.2.11 on ebdb1

Just to add to my first message, I can ping to outside world (e.g. google.com)

[root@ebdb1 ~]# ping -a 209.85.135.104
PING 209.85.135.104 (209.85.135.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=117 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=126 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=114 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=114 ms


[root@aasbanas ~]# ping 209.85.135.104
PING 209.85.135.104 (209.85.135.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=127 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=123 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=115 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=117 ms
64 bytes from 209.85.135.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=113 ms

Ok, I ask again:
Can you ping 192.168.2.31 on aasbanas?

Yes I can.

[root@aasbanas ~]# ping 192.168.2.31
PING 192.168.2.31 (192.168.2.31) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.2.31: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.110 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.31: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.31: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.31: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms
^C
--- 192.168.2.31 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3012ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.056/0.071/0.110/0.023 ms, pipe 2
[root@aasbanas ~]#

Do please on aasbanas:
arp -n -i eth1

Post output.

Thanks.

[root@aasbanas ~]# arp -n -i eth1
arp: in 2 entries no match found

Thanks.

Do please on aasbanas:
arp -n -i eth0

Post output.

Thanks.

From console I get following

[root@aasbanas ~]# arp -n -i eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
192.168.1.103 ether 00:13:02:5d:8c:d0 C eth0

And from win xp using putty I get following. 192.168.1.103 is IP address of my win xp laptop.

[root@aasbanas ~]# arp -n -i eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
192.168.1.103 ether 00:13:02:5d:8c:d0 C eth0
192.168.1.1 ether 00:16:b6:da:f4:08 C eth0

Try to do on aasbanas:

ping -b 192.168.2.255

Post output please.

It hangs on following

[root@aasbanas ~]# ping -b 192.168.2.255
WARNING: pinging broadcast address
PING 192.168.2.255 (192.168.2.255) 56(84) bytes of data.

and I get same behaviour on ebdb1 too.

You know, I would say that interface eth1 doesn't connect to anything. Because it doesn't see anything.
But I have no idea about WM and hope that others from this forum help you.