I have an issue with the internet in my VMWare guest machine working very randomly (mostly not working) and I am not sure what the issue might be.
Sometimes the internet works (this also includes possibility to ssh to the host), but most of the time it doesn't.
Restarting `networking` doesn't help, nor any `ifdown`/`ifup`'s. The only situation when it might start working is restarting the whole VM. And even then it starts working perhaps one time in 10.
The only potential issue I have noticed so far is that when it doesn't work, VM network adapters' MAC addresses are swapped - while if it works, they are as configured.
Details:
- host: OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 running VMWare Fusion 8.0.1
- guest: Linux debian 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
VMWare virtual machine network settings:
- Network Adapter 1 - NAT - static MAC address `00:50:56:38:CC:21`
- Network Adapter 2 - Host only - static MAC address `00:50:56:38:CC:22`
In my virtual machine `.vmx` configuration file I have this (related to the interfaces):
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "static"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "FALSE"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ethernet0.address = "00:50:56:38:CC:21"
ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.vnet = "vmnet2"
ethernet0.bsdName = "en0"
ethernet0.displayName = "Wi-Fi"
...
ethernet1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet1.connectionType = "hostonly"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet1.addressType = "static"
ethernet1.linkStatePropagation.enable = "FALSE"
ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "37"
ethernet1.address = "00:50:56:38:CC:22"
ethernet1.startConnected = "TRUE"
Host `ifconfig`:
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether a0:99:9b:0b:bf:c5
inet6 fe80::a299:9bff:fe0b:bfc5%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 10.230.82.42 netmask 0xffffc000 broadcast 10.230.127.255
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
media: autoselect
status: active
en1: flags=963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
ether 6a:00:01:ba:d6:30
media: autoselect <full-duplex>
status: inactive
en2: flags=963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
ether 6a:00:01:ba:d6:31
media: autoselect <full-duplex>
status: inactive
bridge0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=63<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6>
ether a2:99:9b:b0:3e:00
Configuration:
id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0
maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0
ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
member: en1 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
ifmaxaddr 0 port 5 priority 0 path cost 0
member: en2 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
ifmaxaddr 0 port 6 priority 0 path cost 0
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
media: <unknown type>
status: inactive
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
ether 02:99:9b:0b:bf:c5
media: autoselect
status: inactive
awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1484
ether 7a:81:75:a1:0f:87
inet6 fe80::7881:75ff:fea1:f87%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
media: autoselect
status: active
vmnet1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01
inet 192.168.247.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.247.255
vmnet8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08
inet 192.168.195.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.195.255
Guest `/etc/network/interfaces`:
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.195.200
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.195.2
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.247.200
netmask 255.255.255.0
Guest `ifconfig` (when internet works):
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:38:cc:21
inet addr:192.168.195.200 Bcast:192.168.195.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fe38:cc21/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:470 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:461 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:74106 (72.3 KiB) TX bytes:53650 (52.3 KiB)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:38:cc:22
inet addr:172.16.121.132 Bcast:172.16.121.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fe38:cc22/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1648 (1.6 KiB) TX bytes:578 (578.0 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:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:24465 (23.8 KiB) TX bytes:24465 (23.8 KiB)
Guest `ifconfig` (when internet doesn't work):
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:38:cc:22
inet addr:192.168.195.200 Bcast:192.168.195.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fe38:cc22/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2472 (2.4 KiB) TX bytes:9398 (9.1 KiB)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:38:cc:21
inet addr:192.168.247.200 Bcast:192.168.247.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fe38:cc21/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3498 (3.4 KiB) TX bytes:620 (620.0 B)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000
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:219 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:219 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:42755 (41.7 KiB) TX bytes:42755 (41.7 KiB)
Here I can see the only difference - the MAC addresses are the other way round, compared to how they are configured.
When internet works:
- from the guest, pinging all 192.168.195.* works fine (.200, .2 and .1)
- from the host, I can ping myself (.1) and the guest (.200), pinging .2 gives me 'Request timeout' error
When it doesn't work:
- from the guest I can ping myself (192.168.195.200), but pinging any other 192.168.195.* (.2 or .1) gives me 'Destinaton Host Unreachable' error. Same when pinging the internet (for example 8.8.4.4)
- from the host I can ping myself (192.168.195.1), but pinging any other 192.168.195.* (.2 or .200) gives me 'Request timeout' error.
Any idea why this might be happening, and what else I could try?
Thanks!
