I post here this 'user' triuble because i suppose it came from some strange kernel (mis)configuration. I've just upgrade from edgy to feisty, and the communication between guest and host in bridge mode stop working. And in a rather, at least for me, strange way. I can ping from host to guest: root@host:~# ping guest PING guest (10.5.2.120) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from guest (10.5.2.120): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=3.00 ms 64 bytes from guest (10.5.2.120): icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.242 ms 64 bytes from guest (10.5.2.120): icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.224 ms --- guest ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.224/1.158/3.008/1.308 ms and also from guest to host (guest are Windows XP, trust me please ;). But i cannot access the host samba share from guest, nor access the ssh server of host from guest, nor access the TightVNC server of the guest from the host. Eg, for putty: root@host:~# tcpdump -i eth0 host guest and port ssh tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes 17:44:19.144412 IP guest.1153 > host.ssh: F 2625691448:2625691448(0) ack 2930621145 win 64512 17:44:19.144932 IP host.ssh > guest.1153: F 39:39(0) ack 1 win 5840 17:44:19.146412 IP guest.1153 > host.ssh: . ack 1 win 64512 <nop,nop,sack 1 {39:40}> 17:44:29.171327 IP guest.1154 > host.ssh: S 1530035078:1530035078(0) win 64512 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> 17:44:29.171366 IP host.ssh > guest.1154: S 3017660595:3017660595(0) ack 1530035079 win 5840 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> 17:44:29.171620 IP guest.1154 > host.ssh: . ack 1 win 64512 17:44:29.194460 IP host.ssh > guest.1154: P 1:39(38) ack 1 win 5840 17:44:32.196358 IP host.ssh > guest.1154: P 1:39(38) ack 1 win 5840 17:44:38.196078 IP host.ssh > guest.1154: P 1:39(38) ack 1 win 5840 17:44:50.195331 IP host.ssh > guest.1154: P 1:39(38) ack 1 win 5840 someone can point me at least to the right plase to debug this? ;) See also the ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vmware-player/+bug/96445 Many tanks. -- dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: 240A3D66 Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia'' http://www.sv.lnf.it/ Polo FVG - Via della Bontà, 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) marco.gaiarin(at)sv.lnf.it tel +39-0434-842711 fax +39-0434-842797 _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc