Networking issue with Ubuntu

[rfxcasey]

Hey all, I installed Ubuntu on a VM with VMware player and while I can get on the internet with Firefox in Ubuntu I cannot get it to update or download any software using the software center. If anyone has experience in this area please share you knowledge. So far I have tried NAT and Bridged mode in the VM config but it makes not difference. Ubuntu starts to update but puckers out half way through stating all the resources from as certain point on could not be reached. I've tried Ubuntu 10.10 32bit and 10.4 64bit bot exhibiting the same issue. Never have this problem on my network running Ubuntu without a  VM. Help please if you can. Thanks.

[WoodyZ]

Have you made sure the source list is up-to-date like hitting the Reload button in Synaptic or use the sudo apt-get update command in a Terminal?

[rfxcasey]

Yes, tried both of these. Pressing reload in 'software sources' yields

Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/partner/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/partner/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/main/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/restricted/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/universe/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/multiverse/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/restricted/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/universe/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/multiverse/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/main/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/restricted/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/universe/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

When I use 'sudo apt-get update' I get this

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release amd64 (20110211.1)/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release amd64 (20110211.1)/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg                            
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg                            
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]            
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_US    
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US    
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
99% [2 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_US      
57% [3 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US         
27% [4 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US  
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
25% [5 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release                                
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
20% [6 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Release gpgv 8,215B] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US   
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
21% [7 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Get:8 http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages                     
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
19% [8 Packages bzip2 0B] [9 Translation-en_US 0B] [Connecting to archive.canonbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages                       
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
30% [9 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US     
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
25% [10 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:11 http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources                     
24% [11 Sources bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources              
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
32% [12 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US   
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg                    
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
27% [13 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US 
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
25% [14 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
24% [15 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.18bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
22% [16 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.18bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release                                
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release                       
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages                       
20% [17 Packages bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages                 
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages        
24% [18 Packages bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages                    
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources                        
28% [19 Sources bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources                           
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [44.7kB]             
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
68% [21 Sources bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources                     
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages                
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
70% [22 Packages bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages                   
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
70% [23 Packages bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages             
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources           
Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
72% [24 Sources bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)] bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources                       
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
72% [25 Packages bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages    
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources        
72% [26 Sources bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources          
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages       
73% [27 Packages bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages                    
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources           
74% [28 Sources bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources              
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:29 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages            
Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources                
74% [29 Packages bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages               
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
74% [30 Sources bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources           
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages     
Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
75% [31 Packages bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages         
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
75% [32 Sources bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources      
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:33 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages       
76% [33 Packages bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages             
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
76% [34 Packages bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages   
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:35 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources  
77% [35 Sources bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources             
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
77% [36 Sources bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources                  
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:37 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources         
78% [37 Sources bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:38 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
78% [38 Packages bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:39 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
78% [39 Sources bzip2 0B] [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources              
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:40 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages        
79% [40 Packages bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Get:41 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
79% [41 Sources bzip2 0B]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Fetched 125kB in 4s (29.5kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/partner/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/partner/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/restricted/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/universe/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/multiverse/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/main/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/restricted/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/universe/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/main/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/restricted/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/universe/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/multiverse/source/Sources.bz2  Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I am connected to the internet in my Ubuntu VM and typing this to you using firefox so the internet works partially. Just can't get the updates or anything through the Ubuntu Software Center. Any idea. I read a post were someone said they fixed the problem by setting the network driver for Intel pro 1000 or somthing like that but I don't know how to do that. I also had 2 vmware modules under network devices in my control panel one being VMnet 1 and VMnet 2. Someone also suggetsted setting up a static IP for the VMnet 1 in a thread I read but I don't see any way to set an IP for this. I have however set up my network connection in Ubuntu for a static IP but this didn't solve the problem either. All the while I have internet access but seems like whenever I try to move something either large or possibly from a secure source I am having problems. That being said I can get on my yahoo mail which has a secure login just fine. Turned off my software firewall and set both the host and the guest IPs to always allow outgoing traffic in my hardware firewall. I don't think the firewall is the problem as my other Linux machines some of which are running Ubuntu never have a problem updating on my home network.

[rfxcasey]

Hold the phone! I might be onto something here. I was just in my VM Ubuntu and went to the Ubuntu site. I when to download the 32bit version of 10.04 and got this error message

Not Found

The requested URL /ubuntu-iso//lucid/ubuntu-10.04.2-desktop-i386.iso was not found on this server.

---

Apache/2.2.8 (Fedora) Server at mirrors.login.com Port 80

Than I minimized my VM and tried to download it in Win7 and it worked like a charm. Does anyone know what this indicates?

[rfxcasey]

OK so this got me thinking and I went into my Smoothwall 'hardware firewall' setup page and disabled my Dansgardian web filter which is using Squid proxy and disabled it. Tried the Ubuntu 10.04 download again and it worked.

So I went into terminal and did a sudo apt-get update and it actually worked. So apparently the guest OS is having an issue with the proxy that the host OS is not. There is nothing special I have to do to get the host machine or any other machine on my network working on the proxy so I don't know exactly why the guest OS would have a problem. The only thing I can think of right now is that the proxy is detecting some funny business going on on the green side of my firewall with the IP spoofing or whatever you call it and blocking it. I have run the VM in NAT and bridged mode and the proxy was blocking both. Any idea what I might need to look at in my  Squid IPtables to permit the VM data transfers without having to stop my proxy every time I want to update or download something in VMware?

I'm looking through this thread now to see if I can find a solution but please chime in if you have one.

http://serverfault.com/questions/191810/squid-works-but-not-transparent-on-vm