[nzlug] Virtualization + ethernet/ping issues.

[Michael Hutchinson]

> As previously mentioned by Rex, I think your reply is getting lost
> between the network and ping.
> 
> Could you have the packet being returned with an incorrect MAC address
> (and hence the Linux virtual machine doesn't pay attention to it)?
> 
> The way we can test whether the MAC addresses are all correct is to
> create a pcap capture file and inspect it using wireshark.  Have a
look
> and see whether your host's MAC address is consistently present within
> the ICMP packets?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark.


Hi Mark,

Sounds like a really good idea. I will keep your suggestion very handy,
as I will be following that route, if the recompile of the vmware tools
doesn't fix things. At the moment, it seems very likely that the vmxnet
driver is causing the issue, as it is a newer version than the Vmware
server itself.

Thanks for your input, I will persevere with MAC address matching as it
will no doubt be of use later on.

Cheers,
Mike