I'm trying to install a Solaris 10 guest on a virtualbox but I'm having problems with the network. Normally the network is something trivial and I don't need to configure anything but this time I can't make it work. The VM starts with no problem (it takes a while to start the OS but that's all) but then i can't even connect to my host (ping host_ip). I tried on a Windows host (7 and XP) and on Ubuntu without luck. I also tried with the last virtualbox and the 2.2
I have 2 images which i need to host, one is a Solaris 10 64 bits and the other one is a 32bits and I have the same problem with both. For the 64bits i used a 64bits host. The images (ovf and vmdk) weren't created by me. I copy here the 64bits .ovf content just in case its useful.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Envelope ovf:version="1.0" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:vbox="http://www.virtualbox.org/ovf/machine">
<References>
<File ovf:href="baseframe-vdk64-disk1.vmdk" ovf:id="file1"/>
</References>
<DiskSection>
<Info>List of the virtual disks used in the package</Info>
<Disk ovf:capacity="21474836480" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1" ovf:fileRef="file1" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#streamOptimized" vbox:uuid="d505d881-9a0f-4a34-a329-4a4a6a04cb82"/>
</DiskSection>
<NetworkSection>
<Info>Logical networks used in the package</Info>
<Network ovf:name="Bridged">
<Description>Logical network used by this appliance.</Description>
</Network>
</NetworkSection>
<VirtualSystem ovf:id="baseframe-vdk64">
<Info>A virtual machine</Info>
<OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="81">
<Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
<Description>Solaris_64</Description>
<vbox:OSType ovf:required="false">Solaris_64</vbox:OSType>
</OperatingSystemSection>
<VirtualHardwareSection>
<Info>Virtual hardware requirements for a virtual machine</Info>
<System>
<vssd:ElementName>Virtual Hardware Family</vssd:ElementName>
<vssd:InstanceID>0</vssd:InstanceID>
<vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>baseframe-vdk64</vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>
<vssd:VirtualSystemType>virtualbox-2.2</vssd:VirtualSystemType>
</System>
<Item>
<rasd:Caption>1 virtual CPU</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Description>Number of virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>1 virtual CPU</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>1</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AllocationUnits>MegaBytes</rasd:AllocationUnits>
<rasd:Caption>2048 MB of memory</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>2048 MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>2048</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
<rasd:Caption>ideController0</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>ideController0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>
<rasd:Caption>ideController1</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>ideController1</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:Caption>Ethernet adapter on 'Bridged'</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Connection>Bridged</rasd:Connection>
<rasd:ElementName>Ethernet adapter on 'Bridged'</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>3</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>false</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:Caption>sound</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Description>Sound Card</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>sound</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>6</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceSubType>ensoniq1371</rasd:ResourceSubType>
<rasd:ResourceType>35</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:Caption>disk1</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Description>Disk Image</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>disk1</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:HostResource>/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>
<rasd:InstanceID>7</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>
<rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
<rasd:Caption>cdrom1</rasd:Caption>
<rasd:Description>CD-ROM Drive</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>cdrom1</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>8</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:Parent>4</rasd:Parent>
<rasd:ResourceType>15</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
</VirtualHardwareSection>
<vbox:Machine ovf:required="false" version="1.11-windows" uuid="{6cde9273-5ecb-4593-a8ad-3b03317514f6}" name="baseframe-vdk64" OSType="Solaris_64" snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange="2011-03-04T08:33:39Z">
<ovf:Info>Complete VirtualBox machine configuration in VirtualBox format</ovf:Info>
<ExtraData>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastGuestSizeHint" value="720,400"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastNormalWindowPosition" value="-961,179,720,443"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/MiniToolBarAlignment" value="bottom"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime" value="yes"/>
<ExtraDataItem name="GUI/ShowMiniToolBar" value="yes"/>
</ExtraData>
<Hardware version="2">
<CPU count="1" hotplug="false">
<HardwareVirtEx enabled="true" exclusive="true"/>
<HardwareVirtExNestedPaging enabled="true"/>
<HardwareVirtExVPID enabled="true"/>
<PAE enabled="false"/>
<HardwareVirtExLargePages enabled="true"/>
<HardwareVirtForce enabled="false"/>
</CPU>
<Memory RAMSize="2048" PageFusion="false"/>
<HID Pointing="PS2Mouse" Keyboard="PS2Keyboard"/>
<HPET enabled="false"/>
<Chipset type="PIIX3"/>
<Boot>
<Order position="1" device="Floppy"/>
<Order position="2" device="DVD"/>
<Order position="3" device="HardDisk"/>
<Order position="4" device="None"/>
</Boot>
<Display VRAMSize="12" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="false" accelerate2DVideo="false"/>
<RemoteDisplay enabled="true" authType="Null" authTimeout="5000">
<VRDEProperties>
<Property name="TCP/Ports" value="3389"/>
<Property name="VideoChannel/Enabled" value="false"/>
<Property name="VideoChannel/Quality" value="75"/>
</VRDEProperties>
</RemoteDisplay>
<BIOS>
<ACPI enabled="true"/>
<IOAPIC enabled="true"/>
<Logo fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true" displayTime="0"/>
<BootMenu mode="MessageAndMenu"/>
<TimeOffset value="0"/>
<PXEDebug enabled="false"/>
</BIOS>
<USBController enabled="false" enabledEhci="false"/>
<Network>
<Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="08002783998D" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
<BridgedInterface name="Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection"/>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="1" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027CB9AED" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="2" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800279B6A7C" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="3" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002795D711" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="4" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002706EE14" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="5" enabled="false" MACAddress="0800272FEAE1" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="6" enabled="false" MACAddress="08002794B162" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
</Adapter>
<Adapter slot="7" enabled="false" MACAddress="080027C998FE" cable="true" speed="0" type="82540EM">
<DisabledModes>
<NAT>
<DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
<Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
</NAT>
</DisabledModes>
</Adapter>
</Network>
<UART>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" hostMode="Disconnected"/>
</UART>
<LPT>
<Port slot="0" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
<Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4"/>
</LPT>
<AudioAdapter controller="AC97" driver="DirectSound" enabled="true"/>
<RTC localOrUTC="local"/>
<SharedFolders/>
<Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
<IO>
<IoCache enabled="true" size="5"/>
<BandwidthGroups/>
</IO>
<Guest memoryBalloonSize="0"/>
<GuestProperties>
<GuestProperty name="/VirtualBox/HostInfo/GUI/LanguageID" value="es_ES" timestamp="1298627100403198900" flags=""/>
</GuestProperties>
</Hardware>
<StorageControllers>
<StorageController name="Controlador IDE" type="PIIX4" PortCount="2" useHostIOCache="true" Bootable="true">
<AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" port="0" device="0">
<Image uuid="{d505d881-9a0f-4a34-a329-4a4a6a04cb82}"/>
</AttachedDevice>
<AttachedDevice passthrough="false" type="DVD" port="1" device="0"/>
</StorageController>
</StorageControllers>
</vbox:Machine>
</VirtualSystem>
</Envelope>
ifconfig -aandnetstat -rn) – jlliagre Apr 21 '11 at 21:11