how does SUSE connect to the Internet?

English Network/Internet
#1

I run SUSE on VM-ware with network adapter as NAT: share the host’s IP address.

I set network configuration to connect as DHCP. This is what I get with ifonfig command;

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:61:B1:B5
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe61:b1b5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:243 (243.0 b) TX bytes:22194 (21.6 Kb)
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:646 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:646 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:46076 (44.9 Kb) TX bytes:46076 (44.9 Kb)

Anyone has any hints how to get SOME IP number to show?

Thanks all

sng2

#2
  • sng2,

looks like it didn’t receive an IP. Make sure VMWare is configured for NAT (i.e., it uses a useable address range for its DHCP server) then try and restart the network in the openSUSE guest.

I normally use bridged networking to not add an additional layer of problems between the guest and my network infrastructure :wink:

Uwe

#3

I used bridged too, couldn’t get it to work with NAT.