1
I am trying to ping a virtual machine.The first packet always fails and rest all packets are recieved.The DNS of the virtual machine is configured manually.Can someone help on what can be the issue
manu_dilip_shah
Posted 2012-03-19T09:03:40.830
Reputation: 276
We'll need more information than this. What vm, what host, what OS, what networking method. – Paul – 2012-03-19T09:20:15.743
The host OS is Windows server 2003,Vmware is used and the guest OS is Windows xp.The VM is stored on a server in a LAN.The issue is resolved on adding static ARP.But if possible i want to know why it was failing with dynamic arp.Adding to this,there are other similar VM's configured on the same server and they are working fine with the dynamic ARP – manu_dilip_shah – 2012-03-19T10:58:51.593
So it is an arp timeout issue - the arp reply is coming later than the ping is willing to wait. I would use wireshark and see what is taking so long. – Paul – 2012-03-19T13:08:33.503
Thanks Paul...i will try looking into it and will provide you with results.... – manu_dilip_shah – 2012-03-20T04:27:51.203