After upgrading to vmserver 2.0.1 from 1.0. The hostonly network cannot ping each other. Also, I am upgraded the linux kernel from 2.6.25 to 2.6.29 and compile the patched vmware modules flowing around so that I can compile against 2.6.29.
I have rolled back to 2.6.27 and the same patched vmserver 2.0.1 works fine. Thus, the non-working combination is kernel 2.6.29 and patched vmserver 2.0.1
the setup is like this:
Setup:
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vmware-server-2.0.1 build 156745
Host kernel: 2.6.29-gentoo-r1
Host dhcpd: off
Host machine vmnet1 (HostOnly mode): 192.168.32.1
Guest eth0: 192.168.32.2
Guest system: FC 9
Whening pinging from host to guest: ping 192.168.32.2
PING 192.168.32.2 (192.168.32.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.32.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.32.1 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.32.1 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
tcpdump at Host (192.168.32.1):
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kafai-desk linux # tcpdump -i vmnet1
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on vmnet1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
10:43:21.307387 arp who-has 192.168.32.2 tell 192.168.32.1
10:43:22.311382 arp who-has 192.168.32.2 tell 192.168.32.1
10:43:23.316244 arp who-has 192.168.32.2 tell 192.168.32.1
10:43:25.325525 arp who-has 192.168.32.2 tell 192.168.32.1
10:43:26.329455 arp who-has 192.168.32.2 tell 192.168.32.1
10:43:27.334308 arp who-has 192.168.32.2 tell 192.168.32.1
10:43:29.345045 arp who-has 192.168.32.2 tell 192.168.32.1
Another point, if I turned on the dhcpd on vmnet1, the guest does get the IP 192.168.32.128 (the first one setup in dhcp conf). It means the dhcp is working but not ping, ssh...etc traffic
I am running out of clues. Any help will be appreciated.