On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 04:08:14PM -0600, Luke Call wrote: > I created a debian VM and vmctl starts it successfully (thanks to > earlier threads on that topic!). At first, the network worked fine. > Then I don't know what I did, but after restarting the VM, > the network would not work (can't ping anything from inside it, > nmap can't see the VM at all). Even recreating > the VM image and starting that--no network. I noticed an error > on the host, in /var/log/messages from around the time I started > the failing VM: > > /bsd: arp: attempt to add entry for 100.64.1.3 on tap0 by [ipv6 address] > on tap1 > > ...repeated many times. But I don't know my way around arp or tap interfaces. > > Rebooting fixed it. But for next time, is there a better way for me to > address this? > > Thanks much, > Luke Call
Is vmm running on openbsd stable 7.8? If so, this was referenced in a prior thread: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=177318987615261&w=2 -- Stuart A. McKim, P.E. Idaho Falls, ID

