# Newbie problem with setup

**URL:** <https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/193>\
**Category:** Gateway\
**Created:** [May 26, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/193 "2011-05-26T14:22:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jeffery\_Hallett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jeffery\_Hallett](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/Jeffery_Hallett)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/193/1 "2011-05-26T14:22:42Z")

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Andreas,

I followed your instructions.

~$ ifconfig readout for eth0 is lacking the "inet addr:" line. It DOES  
show "inet6 addr:" line.  
The section for lo (loopback) correctly shows "inet addr: 127.0.0.1..." as  
well as "inet6 addr:" line.  
So it appears eth0 is configured only for IPv6 and not IPv4? How would I  
fix this?

Thank you for your continuing support!

Jeff

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> > Zitat von jhallett at mindea.com:
> > 
> > > No. I can successfully ping "localhost", but nothing else; cannot ping  
> > > other equipment inside my network nor internet IPs.
> > 
> > What does "ifconfig" look like?
> > 
> > Maybe this one helps:  
> > Open /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and delete anything  
> > beside the comments. Restart the virtual machine and check "ifconfig"  
> > again.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Andreas

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**Author:** ![martijn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.ciphermail.com/martijn/32/127_2.png) [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/193/2 "2011-05-26T14:37:08Z")

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Did you specify the IP address manually or are you using DHCP? If using  
DHCP can you try to setup the IP address manually (Config -\> Network)?

Kind regards,

Martijn

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> On 05/26/2011 04:22 PM, jhallett(a)mindea.com wrote:
> 
> > Andreas,
> > 
> > I followed your instructions.
> > 
> > ~$ ifconfig readout for eth0 is lacking the "inet addr:" line. It DOES  
> > show "inet6 addr:" line.  
> > The section for lo (loopback) correctly shows "inet addr: 127.0.0.1..." as  
> > well as "inet6 addr:" line.  
> > So it appears eth0 is configured only for IPv6 and not IPv4? How would I  
> > fix this?
> 
> --  
> Djigzo open source email encryption

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**Author:** ![lst\_hoe021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@lst\_hoe021](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/lst_hoe021)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/193/3 "2011-05-26T14:39:46Z")

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Zitat von jhallett(a)mindea.com:

> Andreas,
> 
> I followed your instructions.
> 
> ~$ ifconfig readout for eth0 is lacking the "inet addr:" line. It DOES  
> show "inet6 addr:" line.  
> The section for lo (loopback) correctly shows "inet addr: 127.0.0.1..." as  
> well as "inet6 addr:" line.  
> So it appears eth0 is configured only for IPv6 and not IPv4? How would I  
> fix this?

IPv6 is autoconfiguration so it works without any connection at all.  
For IPv4 you need to reach a DHCP server. You might try with NAT  
instead of bridge as Martijn suggested, but i wonder if you can reach  
the management console with NAT in place.

Regards

Andreas