[OmniOS-discuss] Networking problem within a Solaris zone

[Tim Rice]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Philippe wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have OmniOS working great on a server running in a datacenter. Thanks for putting together this Illumos distribution.
> 
> I have some weird problems in one of my zone though, and would welcome any help, even though my problem is probably not OmniOS specific. There is some hosts I can reach from my zones but others that I cannot, and the strange thing is that I can reach all servers ok from the global zone:
> 
> >From the global zone:
> 
> $ /usr/sbin/ping google.com                                                                   
>   google.com is alive
> $ /usr/sbin/ping omniti.com                                                                   
>   omniti.com is alive
> $ /usr/sbin/ping retinart.net                                                                 
>   retinart.net is alive
> $ /usr/sbin/ping -s retinart.net
>   64 bytes from apache2-udder.yaounde.dreamhost.com (69.163.194.182)
> 
> >From the zone:
> 
> $ /usr/sbin/ping google.com                                                                   
>   google.com is alive
> $ /usr/sbin/ping omniti.com                                                                   
>   omniti.com is alive
> $ /usr/sbin/ping retinart.net                                                                 
>   <*** hanging with no output ***>
> $ /usr/sbin/ping 69.163.194.182
>   <*** hanging with no output ***>
> 
> traceroute does not go very far:
> 
> $ /usr/sbin/traceroute 69.163.194.182                                                          
> traceroute to 69.163.194.182 (69.163.194.182), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
>  1  * * *
>  2  * * *
>  3  * * *
>  4  * * *
>  5  * * *
>  6  * * *
>  7  * * *
>  8  * * *
>  9  * * *
> 10  * * *
> 11  * * *
> 
> $ /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a                                                                        
> lo0:1: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 
> bge0:1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
>         inet 69.195.131.85 netmask ff000000 broadcast 69.255.255.255
                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is the entire 69. network really local to that NIC?

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Tim Rice				Multitalents
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