I don't have further suggestions.
On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 01:11:02PM -0400, Ryan White wrote: > Vboxnet0 is a virtualbox host-only adapter on the host side. By "route," I > meant, on the guest VM, I typed "sudo ip route add default via 192.168.56.1 > dev eth0". On the guest side it appears as eth0 with an ip address from this > subnet. (192.168.56.101) > I figured I had to do that, since getting the traffic from the VM to the > internet requires going to the host machine first. However I could be > mistaken since this is just bridging. (I have a rather limited understanding > of all this). > > I just did "sudo ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0" after reconnecting and it still > gives me no connection... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:58 PM > To: Ryan White > Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] simple open vswitch usage? > > No. "sudo ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0". > > Ah, I misunderstood what you meant by configuring the gateway. What kind of > interface is vboxnet0? Normally, on a bridge (whether Linux bridge or OVS > bridge) you should only put an IP address on the bridge interface (e.g. br0) > or on special "internal" ports. > > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 12:55:50PM -0400, Ryan White wrote: > > You mean using "sudo ifconfig wlan0 down"? That just takes away the > > connection entirely from the laptop. > > Also vboxnet0 is the only iface that the VM has access to. I'm trying > > to connect it through the internet through wlan0 using br0 of > > openvswitch. Does my goal even make sense? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] > > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:29 PM > > To: Ryan White > > Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org > > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] simple open vswitch usage? > > > > That is what I meant. But you also have to remove the IP address from > > wlan0. > > > > I couldn't say whether vboxnet0 is the correct default gateway. Is > > the Internet reachable through that interface? > > > > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 12:26:26PM -0400, Ryan White wrote: > > > " Did you move the IP address, if any, from wlan0 to br0? This is > > > necessary." > > > Not sure what you mean. Do you mean using ifconfig? I hadn't done > > > that, but I just tried it and it's still acting the same. (sudo > > > ifconfig br0 > > > 192.168.1.173/24 up) > > > Also on the VM I had set the default gateway to be the ip address of > > > the > > > vboxnet0 iface. Not sure if that's right either. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:b...@nicira.com] > > > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:07 PM > > > To: Ryan White > > > Cc: discuss@openvswitch.org > > > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] simple open vswitch usage? > > > > > > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:09:45AM -0400, Ryan White wrote: > > > > I am a bit of a networking newbie, and I just want to get some > > > > simple Open vSwitch usage. For instance, is it possible for a > > > > laptop with Open vSwitch and VirtualBox, to connect its virtual > > > > machine to the internet using a VBox host-only adapter bridged to > > > > wlan0, which is connected to the internet? How would I do this using > ovs-vsctl? > > > > > > > > I tried: > > > > ovs-vsctl add-br br0 > > > > > > > > ovs-vsctl add-port vboxnet0 > > > > > > > > ovs-vsctl add-port wlan0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and this didn't do anything but make it impossible to even ping > > > > between the VM and laptop. > > > > > > Did you move the IP address, if any, from wlan0 to br0? This is > > necessary. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > __ ____ This message and all attachments are PRIVATE, and contain > > > information that is PROPRIETARY to Intelligent Automation, Inc. 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