Hi again I have the following when i do a ifconfig in domain0. eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:01:B2:61 inet addr:192.168.5.252 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::202:2dff:fe01:b261/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:9222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6838 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:5864623 (5.5 Mb) TX bytes:1346445 (1.2 Mb) Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100 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:4796 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4796 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:329687 (321.9 Kb) TX bytes:329687 (321.9 Kb) vif3.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet addr:192.168.5.251 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1458 (1.4 Kb) And here is what i have when i do an ifconfig on the guest :/etc# ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) how can i setup the ethernet interface on the guest OS? I cant even ping the "lo" on the guest debian os. it gives me this :/etc# ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 Timer ISR: Time went backwards: -8769000 7247450000000 1231000 7247460000000 --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss please help!!! regards JIT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users