[PLUG] vmware workstation 6
wes
plug at the-wes.com
Fri Jan 9 15:53:19 UTC 2009
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Someone <plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 06:55 -0800, wes wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Michael Robinson
> > <plug_1 at robinson-west.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Why is it unable to switch name servers? I couldn't figure out why
> > > NAT networking wasn't working, so on a hunch I removed the nameserver
> > > line that pointed to a machine which isn't hosting DNS anymore.
> > > Thing is, Linux programs on the host do fine if the first nameserver
> > > in /etc/resolv.conf is down, they just move on to the next one.
> > > I fixed the problem, but being unable to fall through to other name
> > > servers is not very robust. Is this ReactOS's fault or vmware's? Is
> > > there a fix to make vmware NAT networking work when the first name
> > > server in /etc/resolv.conf on the host system is down? This is an
> > > incredibly annoying problem.
> > >
> >
> > Very odd that networking as a whole would stop working due to a DNS
> failure.
> > What specific symptoms did you see?
> >
> > Is ReactOS the host, or the guest, or both?
> >
> > What are the guest OS' DNS servers set to?
> >
> > -wes
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> ReactOS is the guest. CentOS 5.2 is the host.
> The host's fist nameserver line in /etc/resolv.conf
> was not a name server at all, but the second and
> third line were. I recently upgraded one of my
> servers, that's why it isn't a DNS name server.
>
What specific symptoms did you see regarding networking from the guest OS
having stopped working?
What are the guest OS' DNS servers set to?
-wes
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