Re: Virtualbox Squeeze guest network client failure

2011-02-12 Thread Jan de Haan
Thanks for your reaction and sugestion, Otavio. It doesn't seem likely though: > this is likely a kernel issue with your NIC. I tested this by changing the (virtual) hardware type of the nic of the Debian Squeeze guest from "PCnet-FAST III (Am79C973)" to "Intel PRO/1000 T Server (82543GC)", comme

Re: Virtualbox Squeeze guest network client failure

2011-02-12 Thread Otavio Salvador
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 13:38, Jan de Haan wrote: ... > It's a squeeze problem since dhcp of the pxe boot of the client (which was > used to install Squeeze) does function. ... In this case, the best is to file a bug against linux-2.6 kernel since this is likely a kernel issue with your NIC. --

Virtualbox Squeeze guest network client failure

2011-02-10 Thread Jan de Haan
Hi All, to document and maybe save someone else the time: I installed a pristine Debian 6.0 Squeeze guest/client under VirtualBox 3.1.6 and got the problem that the network interface didn't get an (dhcp suplied) ip address. It's a squeeze problem since dhcp of the pxe boot of the client (