SOLVED: network issue ubuntu 8.04 in vmware esx
- by hoberion
ok, this is really pissing me off
I have one ubuntu 8.04 instance running on vmware (esx) which decided after a reboot to stop resolving dns requests, I also cant connect to it using ssh although I can ping the server and its really that server (when I shutdown the server the ping also stops)
stuff I tried:
- reboot again :)
- nslookup - serverip
- setting networking to dhcp
- offering some cute kittens to lucifer
- removing the virtual nic and adding another (to get a different mac)
- migrating the instance to another esx host
- drinking 20 cups of espresso
- stopped all services
- running dnsmasq on another server and connecting to that dns
- tcpdumping
- disabling ip6
symptoms:
cant resolve anything
nslookup just says "no servers found..." although I can ping the servers
traceroute to gateway doesnt work (even with traceroute -4 -n gatewayip)
collegues laughing at me
any thoughts
solved it:
a collegue told me to upgrade/reinstall the vmware tools, I did and it solved my issue after rebooting