> > > Hi, Running plan 9 on virtual box 4.0.2, I've configured network > > > adaptaters as below. > > > Attached to NAT > > > Adapter type: PCnet-FAST 3(Am79C973) > > > check cable connected. > > > > > After booting plan 9, I typed ip/ipconfig, after waiting some time, > > > ipconfig: no success with DHCP. > > > I don't know what's wrong?? > > > Please help. > > > > virtualbox is finicky and what works depends a lot on the > > version of vb and it seems to depend on your own hardware. > > > > the 79c973 driver doesn't track link state currently, so there's > > limited ways i can think of to remotely help. did you happen > > to see a message that looks like this on the console? > > > > print("#l%d: unknown PCnet card version 0x%.7ux\n", > > ether->ctlrno, x&0xFFFFFFF); > > > > can you verify a /net/ether0 exists? if the answers are no and yes, > > then it might be worth running snoopy in another window > > to verify that you can see any packets. > > > > you might also try another emulated chipset. > > > > - erik > > I tried on Qemu, still same problem even though now ip/ipconfig and > ndb/dns -r seems ok,
i don't understand the problem, then. i thought it was that ip/ipconfig didn't work. what is it? - erik