Nothing but problems today - now all my VM's have lost their IP config


  1. Posts : 128
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    Nothing but problems today - now all my VM's have lost their IP config


    Have had a Hyper-V setup going here for years without any issues - and then suddenly today - things started falling away.

    First my WDS server suddenly stopped serving up it's PXE boot to a new VM I was testing - that led me to investigate a few other things which then pointed to a Virtual Switch problem vis Hyper V

    I have confirmed that the Host Virtual Switch is now working correctly:

    Attachment 323290


    but two existing Guest VMs (that I have had for at least a year) will not get an IP address no way or no how. I have updated the VM setting countless times dropping the network adapter and re-adding the "new" V-Switch I created.

    But each time I boot on these VMs - they come up with 169.xxx.xxx.xxx address and of course no connectivity.

    I have attempted a battery of resets and so on in each VM and still no joy. All I get this:

    Attachment 323289

    What am I missing?

    Sonic.
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  2. Posts : 1,728
    Windows 10 Pro x64 22H2
       #2

    SonicMojo said:
    But each time I boot on these VMs - they come up with 169.xxx.xxx.xxx address and of course no connectivity.
    169.254.xxx.xxx is Link-Local address that the client self assigns when there are no DHCP servers available.
    In your case DHCP server is virtual switch set up and configured in host OS.

    make sure the guest OS adapter "default gateway" field is configured according to vEthernet adapter IP address field.
    (both in IPv4 item in adapter properties)
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  3. Posts : 128
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    zebal said:
    169.254.xxx.xxx is Link-Local address that the client self assigns when there are no DHCP servers available. In your case DHCP server is virtual switch set up and configured in host OS. make sure the guest OS adapter "default gateway" field is configured according to vEthernet adapter IP address field. (both in IPv4 item in adapter properties)
    SOLVED!
    Ok - so I slept on this and as usual - clarity!

    The available DHCP address pool was very narrow (I set this several years ago) - never thinking I would need more than 40 available IPs.
    I increased the pool, rebooted the router - and of course the VMs get an IP straight away.
    Cheers,
    Sonic.
      My Computer


 

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