newbie question on network setup

[mandrews58]

just downloaded and installed esx server 3.0.2 for eval and have a very basic networking question:

During server installation I specified a static 192.x.x.x IP address. Following installation, other machines on the local subnet cannot ping the esx server nor can esx ping any other box on the local subnet - unreachable destination error.

pinging loopback does work. ifconfig indicates the vmsif0 interface looks correct,

so what is the next thing to look at?

TIA,, mandrews

[Prashanth_John]

Hi

Try restarting the network services using the command

services-network-restart from the console.

[Ewan_Curtis]

Check your subnet mask on the vswif interface (esxcfg-vswif -l) - it might be different to the other machines on the local network.

[bertdb]

you also selected a specific network card to be used for the management network. I guess your cable is not inserted in that card. Try inserting the cable in other interface cards.

[bertdb]

if vswif0 is configured correctly (as verified with ifconfig), "service network restart" won't change anything.