crossbow discuss - Oct 2009 - Virtual Box on snv_125 - bridged network broken?

I recently updated to snv_125 and now bridged networks for my
VirtualBox guests can''t move any network traffic.  I''ve tried
both
VirtualBox 3.0.4 and 3.0.8 with no success.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Gordon
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Which build were you running before?

Cheers,
Sunay

On 10/21/09 10:43, Gordon Ross wrote:
> I recently updated to snv_125 and now bridged networks for my
> VirtualBox guests can''t move any network traffic.  I''ve
tried both
> VirtualBox 3.0.4 and 3.0.8 with no success.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gordon

I was running snv_122 before.

I have one more clue: In the guest "dladm show-link"
shows the NIC as "down".  Can''t figure out why...
> Which build were you running before?
> 
> Cheers,
> Sunay
> 
> On 10/21/09 10:43, Gordon Ross wrote:
> > I recently updated to snv_125 and now bridged networks for my
> > VirtualBox guests can''t move any network traffic. 
I''ve tried both
> > VirtualBox 3.0.4 and 3.0.8 with no success.  Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Gordon
>

We haven''t putback anything other than the bridging support
between snv122 and snv125. I am CC''ing Rishi who did
the bridging work to see if he can shed some more light
on this.

Cheers,
Sunay

On 10/21/09 16:55, Gordon Ross wrote:
> I was running snv_122 before.
> 
> I have one more clue: In the guest "dladm show-link"
> shows the NIC as "down".  Can''t figure out why...
> 
>> Which build were you running before?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sunay
>>
>> On 10/21/09 10:43, Gordon Ross wrote:
>>> I recently updated to snv_125 and now bridged networks for my
>>> VirtualBox guests can''t move any network traffic. 
I''ve tried both
>>> VirtualBox 3.0.4 and 3.0.8 with no success.  Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Gordon

More clues:  Two machines, VirtualBox with bridged network is OK on one, and not
on the other.
The working machine is a desktop, NIC is "nge0" using
svc:/network/physical:default
The not working machine is a laptop, NIC is "bge0" using
svc:/network/physical:nwam

Both used to work before the update to snv_125, but after the update, only the
desktop is working, not the laptop.   Things look pretty similar on both with
"dladm" commands, so
I''m kinda stuck here.  Help!  (thanks:)
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The bridged network connectivity option in VirtualBox shouldn''t be 
impacted by
the layer-2 bridging support integrated in build 124.  There appears to 
be a recent post
on VirtualBox forums about this issue:
   http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10470
I also see Gordon has started a new thread there, I believe that is the 
best place
to start discussions for issues seen with VirtualBox.

Rishi

[ cross posted from: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=23596 ]

Sorry for all the noise on this. In desperation, I created a new Solaris guest,
and the new guest works fine with a bridged network. The guest I was using
had been through a number of upgrades, and it must have somehow become
defective.

I still have the defective guest, in case anyone wants me to try some
experiments on it.
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