Limited connection to server

[Ivan]

Hi all,

I recently built a server and is sitting in a server room physically
located in a building across from where I sit.
The server there is part of a network of servers which can see each
other, talk to each other, connect to each other, etc.

My problem is that I can't connect to the server from my computer.
I can connect to all the other servers, ping, etc, just not this one.
I have set a reserved entry on dhcp (which resides in the same
network), so pinging the server resolves its correct IP, I just don't
get any response.

What is weird is the following:
The server is a virtual machine, its host is a linux box.
I can connect to the linux (host) OS, just not the guest.
The network connection is bridged, windows firewall is off, and I am
part of the same domain.

IS there anything I should be looking at, looking for, disabling or
changing on the guest machine?
What sort of information can I post here to get some idea on what I
should be doing?

I gave the machine a static address specifying dns servers, and let
dhcp give it an address, but nothing seems to change..

 

[Ryan Hanisco]

RE: Limited connection to server

You need to make sure that the server is allowed to respond to ICMP messages.
If that is blocked by the VM host, you will never see a response.
--
Ryan Hanisco
MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
http://www.techsterity.com
Chicago, IL

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"Ivan" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently built a server and is sitting in a server room physically
> located in a building across from where I sit.
> The server there is part of a network of servers which can see each
> other, talk to each other, connect to each other, etc.
>
> My problem is that I can't connect to the server from my computer.
> I can connect to all the other servers, ping, etc, just not this one.
> I have set a reserved entry on dhcp (which resides in the same
> network), so pinging the server resolves its correct IP, I just don't
> get any response.
>
> What is weird is the following:
> The server is a virtual machine, its host is a linux box.
> I can connect to the linux (host) OS, just not the guest.
> The network connection is bridged, windows firewall is off, and I am
> part of the same domain.
>
> IS there anything I should be looking at, looking for, disabling or
> changing on the guest machine?
> What sort of information can I post here to get some idea on what I
> should be doing?
>
> I gave the machine a static address specifying dns servers, and let
> dhcp give it an address, but nothing seems to change..
>

 

[Ivan]

Re: Limited connection to server

On Jan 14, 4:21 pm, Ryan Hanisco
<RyanHani...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> You need to make sure that the server is allowed to respond to ICMP messages.
> If that is blocked by the VM host, you will never see a response.
> --
> Ryan Hanisco
> MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+http://www.techsterity.com
> Chicago, IL
>
> Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need
> quickly.
>
> "Ivan" wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > I recently built a server and is sitting in a server room physically
> > located in a building across from where I sit.
> > The server there is part of a network of servers which can see each
> > other, talk to each other, connect to each other, etc.
>
> > My problem is that I can't connect to the server from my computer.
> > I can connect to all the other servers, ping, etc, just not this one.
> > I have set a reserved entry on dhcp (which resides in the same
> > network), so pinging the server resolves its correct IP, I just don't
> > get any response.
>
> > What is weird is the following:
> > The server is a virtual machine, its host is a linux box.
> > I can connect to the linux (host) OS, just not the guest.
> > The network connection is bridged, windows firewall is off, and I am
> > part of the same domain.
>
> > IS there anything I should be looking at, looking for, disabling or
> > changing on the guest machine?
> > What sort of information can I post here to get some idea on what I
> > should be doing?
>
> > I gave the machine a static address specifying dns servers, and let
> > dhcp give it an address, but nothing seems to change..

I don't believe it'd be blocked, as I get responses from that machine
to servers connected in that server room.