traceroute command showing only 2 hops on Ubuntu 16.04 (VirtualBox); tracert works on host OS (Win10)
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traceroute command showing only 2 hops on Ubuntu 16.04 (VirtualBox); tracert works on host OS (Win10)
Hey, I'm extremely new so maybe there's something really simple I'm missing but traceroute shows 2 hops that are the same IP (10.0.2.2)
I was thinking it was maybe because I'm running this on VirtualBox? However, that's not my IP either
Post the exact command you used.
When booted to Ubuntu in VirtualBox and running either: ifconfig OR ip addr what IP address do you get? Is that how you got the IP address? It's not going to be the same as the host. Do you have the network set to bridged?
I don't know what the problem would be. Running "traceroute google.com" as you did from Linux Mint on VBox, I get 9 hops, the first being the local gateway. Can you ping your gateway from ubuntu?
10.0.2.15 is a virtual router IP isn't it? (NAT connection in VM) If you set static and then bridged it may not work as planned.
That isn't really an issue because normally one can easily let the VM provide this virtual router and it is supposed to usually connect. In linux you may have to set dns name if it isn't getting it from router.
I don't know what the problem would be. Running "traceroute google.com" as you did from Linux Mint on VBox, I get 9 hops, the first being the local gateway. Can you ping your gateway from ubuntu?
Yes I'm able to ping my gateway and I see what you're saying because that's how the tracert worked on win10
10.0.2.15 is a virtual router IP isn't it? (NAT connection in VM) If you set static and then bridged it may not work as planned.
That isn't really an issue because normally one can easily let the VM provide this virtual router and it is supposed to usually connect. In linux you may have to set dns name if it isn't getting it from router.
So what you're saying is that the dns query is failing because it isn't really getting it from the router?
As said before I'm extremely new so sorry of how I'm interpreting your reply sounds weird and maybe really wrong :P
We all need help sometimes so don't worry. We'll try to figure this otu.
I'm saying bridged and nat are two different things. It could be that your ip range is really bridged. Sooo... I think we need to go back to the way the VM connects the client to the host maybe?
Ok so I checked the network settings in of my Ubuntu and it is attached to NAT, not the bridged adapter.
So if you don't mind, what would be the difference if it was set to bridged versus nat?
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