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Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 11/17/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Hello everyone,
I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64 3200+
processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not properly
initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am receiving is:

The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine "xp
2" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.

I am running VPC 2004 with SP1 installed on a host installation of Windows
XP SP2. I have all of the latest drivers for the chipset and the network
driver,
Network driver version 4.4.2.0
Nvidia nForce 5.10

The very first thing I tried was to recreate the VM using an existing disk
image, no difference. I have manually uninstalled the Virtual Machine
Network Services (which does show up a service bound to the NIC), rebooted,
reinstalled from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Utility\VMNetSrv. I
have verified that the host OS has full network connectivity. I am at my
wits end. I have used Virtual PC without fail until I recently upgraded my
PC.

I have even gone so far as to completely format the drive and re-install XP
SP2. I am still having the same issue. I have read on another thread to
install Virtual Servier 2005 and use its VMNS driver. I have even tried that
with out luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Microsoft is this a bug?
Is there a work around? If you need help reproducing please feel free to
drop me a note.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!

Craig Sharpe
Senior Systems Analyst
Petro-Canada

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Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/18/2004
From: "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Alternatively just create a new virtual machine and point it at your
existing virtual hard disk.
--
Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
===============================
Virtual machine Program Manager

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use.

Robin Walker wrote:

Show quoted text

> Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>
>>I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
>>3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
>>properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
>>receiving is:
>>
>>The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
>>machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
>>address.
>
>
> This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
> the host PC.
>
> In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
> guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
> network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?
>
> If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
> network card in your new host PC.
>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/18/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Ben,
That is the first thing I tried was to create a new vm using an existing
disk. The system does even complete the post cycle before I recieve the
error.

The problem seems to have something to do with the NIC and Virtual PC
software. The Virtual PC allows me to select the nic under the network
settings. However, The minute I start the VM I get the previously posted
error message. I have tried manually re-installing the VMNS driver, and I am
still seeing the same results. In addition I have rebooted and re-installed
the host OS.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks,
Craig Sharpe
Senior Systems Analyst
Petro-Canada

"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Alternatively just create a new virtual machine and point it at your
> existing virtual hard disk.
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ===============================
> Virtual machine Program Manager
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
> Robin Walker wrote:
> > Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
> >>3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
> >>properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
> >>receiving is:
> >>
> >>The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
> >>machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
> >>address.
> >
> >
> > This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
> > the host PC.
> >
> > In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
> > guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
> > network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?
> >
> > If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
> > network card in your new host PC.
> >
>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/18/2004
From: "Robin Walker" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:

This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
the host PC.

In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?

If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
network card in your new host PC.

--
Robin Walker
(email address - cut out)

Show quoted text

> I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
> 3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
> properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
> receiving is:
>
> The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
> machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
> address.

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/18/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Hi Robin,
My comments belows.

"Robin Walker" wrote:

I can't even get as far as getting past the POST screen for the virtual
machine before I am seeing the error message. When I setup the Virtual
Machine I was able to select the native NIC as the NIC to be used by the
virtual machine. Feeling that the problem may be related to the upgrade I
re-installed the host OS, the Virtual PC and Virtual PC SP1. I then created
a new VM and a Virtual Disk. I selected the NIC in the networking settings
portion and started the VM. The VM had not completed the BIOS POST screen
before I received the error message.

Tried that as well, I am still getting the error message.
Thanks so much for your assistance, do you have any other thoughts?

Thanks again,
Craig Sharpe
Senior Systems Analyst
Petro-Canada

Show quoted text

> Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> > I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
> > 3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
> > properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
> > receiving is:
> >
> > The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
> > machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
> > address.
>
> This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
> the host PC.
>
> In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
> guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
> network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?
> If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
> network card in your new host PC.
> --
> Robin Walker
> (email address - cut out)
>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/18/2004
From: "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hmmm...

Does the problem go away if you use shared networking?
--
Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
===============================
Virtual machine Program Manager

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use.

Craig Sharpe wrote:

Show quoted text

> Ben,
> That is the first thing I tried was to create a new vm using an existing
> disk. The system does even complete the post cycle before I recieve the
> error.
>
> The problem seems to have something to do with the NIC and Virtual PC
> software. The Virtual PC allows me to select the nic under the network
> settings. However, The minute I start the VM I get the previously posted
> error message. I have tried manually re-installing the VMNS driver, and I am
> still seeing the same results. In addition I have rebooted and re-installed
> the host OS.
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Craig Sharpe
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Petro-Canada
>
> "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>
>>Alternatively just create a new virtual machine and point it at your
>>existing virtual hard disk.
>>--
>>Cheers,
>>Benjamin Armstrong
>>===============================
>>Virtual machine Program Manager
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>You assume all risk for your use.
>>
>>Robin Walker wrote:
>>
>>>Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
>>>>3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
>>>>properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
>>>>receiving is:
>>>>
>>>>The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
>>>>machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
>>>>address.
>>>
>>>
>>>This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
>>>the host PC.
>>>
>>>In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
>>>guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
>>>network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?
>>>
>>>If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
>>>network card in your new host PC.
>>>
>>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/18/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Ben,
If I use shared networking I do not receive the error message and the VM is
able to browse the internet, so through NAT all seems to be well. The minute
I change the network settings from shared to my NIC, I receive the error
message posted earlier. If I select OK and allow the VM to continue past the
BIOS post screen and boot the guest OS I have no network connectivity. I
would rather not use NAT as some of the tests I wish to use the VM for really
require it be on the same network as the rest of the physical machines on the
LAN.

Any suggestions? Is there any logging that I can turn on that may yield a
cause?

Thanks again for your help.

Craig Sharpe
Senior Systems Analyst
Petro-Canada

"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Hmmm...
>
> Does the problem go away if you use shared networking?
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ===============================
> Virtual machine Program Manager
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
> Craig Sharpe wrote:
> > Ben,
> > That is the first thing I tried was to create a new vm using an existing
> > disk. The system does even complete the post cycle before I recieve the
> > error.
> >
> > The problem seems to have something to do with the NIC and Virtual PC
> > software. The Virtual PC allows me to select the nic under the network
> > settings. However, The minute I start the VM I get the previously posted
> > error message. I have tried manually re-installing the VMNS driver, and I am
> > still seeing the same results. In addition I have rebooted and re-installed
> > the host OS.
> >
> > Any other thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Craig Sharpe
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Petro-Canada
> >
> > "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Alternatively just create a new virtual machine and point it at your
> >>existing virtual hard disk.
> >>--
> >>Cheers,
> >>Benjamin Armstrong
> >>===============================
> >>Virtual machine Program Manager
> >>
> >>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >>You assume all risk for your use.
> >>
> >>Robin Walker wrote:
> >>
> >>>Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
> >>>>3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
> >>>>properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
> >>>>receiving is:
> >>>>
> >>>>The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
> >>>>machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
> >>>>address.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
> >>>the host PC.
> >>>
> >>>In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
> >>>guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
> >>>network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?
> >>>
> >>>If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
> >>>network card in your new host PC.
> >>>
> >>
>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/19/2004
From: "Ed Reed [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Try this: Exit Virtual PC. Use the batch files in the Utility directory of
the directory in which Virtual PC is installed to remove the Virtual Machine
Network Services driver (REMOVE.BAT), restart the computer then install the
driver again (INSTALL.BAT). This should resolve the problem.

--
Ed Reed [MSFT]
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Craig Sharpe" <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> Hello everyone,
> I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64 3200+
> processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not properly
> initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am receiving is:
>
> The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine
> "xp
> 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
>
> I am running VPC 2004 with SP1 installed on a host installation of Windows
> XP SP2. I have all of the latest drivers for the chipset and the network
> driver,
> Network driver version 4.4.2.0
> Nvidia nForce 5.10
>
> The very first thing I tried was to recreate the VM using an existing disk
> image, no difference. I have manually uninstalled the Virtual Machine
> Network Services (which does show up a service bound to the NIC),
> rebooted,
> reinstalled from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Utility\VMNetSrv.
> I
> have verified that the host OS has full network connectivity. I am at my
> wits end. I have used Virtual PC without fail until I recently upgraded
> my
> PC.
>
> I have even gone so far as to completely format the drive and re-install
> XP
> SP2. I am still having the same issue. I have read on another thread to
> install Virtual Servier 2005 and use its VMNS driver. I have even tried
> that
> with out luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Microsoft is this a
> bug?
> Is there a work around? If you need help reproducing please feel free to
> drop me a note.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!
>
> Craig Sharpe
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Petro-Canada

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/19/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Ed,
Thanks for the suggestion, I tried these batch files early on in my
troubleshooting process. They did not resolve the issue. I even manually
removed and re-installed the MSVN Drivers.

My NIC has a built-in hardware firewall, which is disabled, and I have even
disabled the Windows Firewall. Still no luck.

I am starting to think VPC does not work with the latest NVIDIA nForce3
250Gb chipset (which is providing the onboard gigabit NIC). Do you know if
VPC has been tested with this chipset, and thus the onboard NIC?

If I examine the NIC I see the MSVN service as a bound service. I can use
shared networking (NAT) just fine. However, I need to have the VM accessable
to and by other physical machines on my lan. Using NAT is really not
appropriate.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Craig Sharpe
Senior Systems Analyst
Petro-Canada
"Ed Reed [MSFT]" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Try this: Exit Virtual PC. Use the batch files in the Utility directory of
> the directory in which Virtual PC is installed to remove the Virtual Machine
> Network Services driver (REMOVE.BAT), restart the computer then install the
> driver again (INSTALL.BAT). This should resolve the problem.
>
> --
> Ed Reed [MSFT]
> Microsoft Corporation
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Craig Sharpe" <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Hello everyone,
> > I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64 3200+
> > processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not properly
> > initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am receiving is:
> >
> > The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine
> > "xp
> > 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
> >
> > I am running VPC 2004 with SP1 installed on a host installation of Windows
> > XP SP2. I have all of the latest drivers for the chipset and the network
> > driver,
> > Network driver version 4.4.2.0
> > Nvidia nForce 5.10
> >
> > The very first thing I tried was to recreate the VM using an existing disk
> > image, no difference. I have manually uninstalled the Virtual Machine
> > Network Services (which does show up a service bound to the NIC),
> > rebooted,
> > reinstalled from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Utility\VMNetSrv.
> > I
> > have verified that the host OS has full network connectivity. I am at my
> > wits end. I have used Virtual PC without fail until I recently upgraded
> > my
> > PC.
> >
> > I have even gone so far as to completely format the drive and re-install
> > XP
> > SP2. I am still having the same issue. I have read on another thread to
> > install Virtual Servier 2005 and use its VMNS driver. I have even tried
> > that
> > with out luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Microsoft is this a
> > bug?
> > Is there a work around? If you need help reproducing please feel free to
> > drop me a note.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!
> >
> > Craig Sharpe
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Petro-Canada
>
>
>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/19/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Ben,
I have done some further investigation and without a doubt my problem seems
to be a bug in Virtual PC. I installed Virtual Server 2005 along-side my
existing Virtual PC installation. Virtual Server 2005 had no problems in
using the hosts NIC card. I recieved no errors and was able to obtain an IP
address from the DHCP server on the physical LAN. I used Remote Desktop to
connect to the Virtual PC using the obtained IP address.

So I decided to test an evaluation version of VMWare workstation. I
downloaded the eval and installed it along side the Virtual PC and Virtual
Server. VMWare had no issues in using the HOSTS NIC card. Therefore I must
conclude that this is a bug in Virtual PC. How to I log a trouble ticket?
Please note that I am using an MSDN Universal Subscription to obtain and run
Virtual PC.

In Summary:
1. Virtual PC cannot use my hosts NIC (NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb chipset
provides 10/100/1000 ethernet on Asus K8N-E Deluxe motherboard). I receive
the previously posted error when the machine is configured to use the host
NIC. The error occurs on startup of the VM, prior to the VM completling the
BIOS post screen.

2. Virtual Server 2005 works as expected with the HOST NIC, no errors no
problems, IP address is assigned from DHCP server on physical LAN.

3. VMWare Workstation 4.5 works as expected with the HOST NIC, no errors no
problems.

4. After installation of Virtual Server 2005, I tried to run Virtual PC
again, and still I am getting the exact same behaviour as point #1.

5. How do I log the bug with you guys? How can I assist in getting this
resolved? I would really rather run Virtual PC over VMWare...

Thanks,
Craig Sharpe
Senior Systems Analyst
Petro-Canada
"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:

Show quoted text

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/20/2004
From: "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Okay - now I am really baffled. Virtual Server 2005 and Virtual PC 2004
SP1 use the same network components. What happens if you create a
virtual machine with Virtual Server, confirm that networking works, and
the move the virtual machine to Virtual PC?
--
Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
===============================
Virtual machine Program Manager

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use.

Craig Sharpe wrote:

Show quoted text

> Ben,
> I have done some further investigation and without a doubt my problem seems
> to be a bug in Virtual PC. I installed Virtual Server 2005 along-side my
> existing Virtual PC installation. Virtual Server 2005 had no problems in
> using the hosts NIC card. I recieved no errors and was able to obtain an IP
> address from the DHCP server on the physical LAN. I used Remote Desktop to
> connect to the Virtual PC using the obtained IP address.
>
> So I decided to test an evaluation version of VMWare workstation. I
> downloaded the eval and installed it along side the Virtual PC and Virtual
> Server. VMWare had no issues in using the HOSTS NIC card. Therefore I must
> conclude that this is a bug in Virtual PC. How to I log a trouble ticket?
> Please note that I am using an MSDN Universal Subscription to obtain and run
> Virtual PC.
>
> In Summary:
> 1. Virtual PC cannot use my hosts NIC (NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb chipset
> provides 10/100/1000 ethernet on Asus K8N-E Deluxe motherboard). I receive
> the previously posted error when the machine is configured to use the host
> NIC. The error occurs on startup of the VM, prior to the VM completling the
> BIOS post screen.
>
> 2. Virtual Server 2005 works as expected with the HOST NIC, no errors no
> problems, IP address is assigned from DHCP server on physical LAN.
>
> 3. VMWare Workstation 4.5 works as expected with the HOST NIC, no errors no
> problems.
>
> 4. After installation of Virtual Server 2005, I tried to run Virtual PC
> again, and still I am getting the exact same behaviour as point #1.
>
> 5. How do I log the bug with you guys? How can I assist in getting this
> resolved? I would really rather run Virtual PC over VMWare...
>
> Thanks,
> Craig Sharpe
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Petro-Canada
> "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>
>>Hmmm...
>>
>>Does the problem go away if you use shared networking?
>>--
>>Cheers,
>>Benjamin Armstrong
>>===============================
>>Virtual machine Program Manager
>>
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>You assume all risk for your use.
>>
>>Craig Sharpe wrote:
>>
>>>Ben,
>>>That is the first thing I tried was to create a new vm using an existing
>>>disk. The system does even complete the post cycle before I recieve the
>>>error.
>>>
>>>The problem seems to have something to do with the NIC and Virtual PC
>>>software. The Virtual PC allows me to select the nic under the network
>>>settings. However, The minute I start the VM I get the previously posted
>>>error message. I have tried manually re-installing the VMNS driver, and I am
>>>still seeing the same results. In addition I have rebooted and re-installed
>>>the host OS.
>>>
>>>Any other thoughts?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Craig Sharpe
>>>Senior Systems Analyst
>>>Petro-Canada
>>>
>>>"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Alternatively just create a new virtual machine and point it at your
>>>>existing virtual hard disk.
>>>>--
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>Benjamin Armstrong
>>>>===============================
>>>>Virtual machine Program Manager
>>>>
>>>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>>>You assume all risk for your use.
>>>>
>>>>Robin Walker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
>>>>>>3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
>>>>>>properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
>>>>>>receiving is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
>>>>>>machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
>>>>>>address.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
>>>>>the host PC.
>>>>>
>>>>>In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
>>>>>guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
>>>>>network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?
>>>>>
>>>>>If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
>>>>>network card in your new host PC.
>>>>>
>>>>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/21/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Hi Ben,
I tried your suggestion. I am able to run a virtual machine created with
Virtual Server 2005 under Virtual PC without any issues. Given this
information I did some additional research. It would seem that VPC is not
dynamically creating a MAC address when a newly created VM is started for the
first time. If I add the following two elements to my .vmc file I can run
the previously unrunnalbe VM.

<ethernet_card_address type="bytes">000*********</ethernet_card_address>
<is_dynamic_assignment type="boolean">true</is_dynamic_assignment>

I am assuming that VPC should add at least the <ethernet_card_address>
element when if starts the VM for the very first time. It's not, at least
not with my hardware configuration.

Is it possible that VPC is having trouble determining the real MAC address
on my NIC? VPS2005 seems to record the original MAC as well as the one it
generates. I have checked the security settings on the folder and the file,
and as near as I can determine VPC should be able to write to the .vcm file.
So I am assuming something is going wrong prior to stage of appending to the
file.

I verified that this does not seem to be a Windows XP SP2 compatibility
issue. I installed a fresh XP host with SP1 and received the same behavior.

Is there a way that I could force VPC to add the <ethernet_card_address> to
newly created VMs?

Thanks again for you help.

Craig Sharpe
Senior Systems Analyst
Petro-Canada

"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Okay - now I am really baffled. Virtual Server 2005 and Virtual PC 2004
> SP1 use the same network components. What happens if you create a
> virtual machine with Virtual Server, confirm that networking works, and
> the move the virtual machine to Virtual PC?
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ===============================
> Virtual machine Program Manager
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
> Craig Sharpe wrote:
> > Ben,
> > I have done some further investigation and without a doubt my problem seems
> > to be a bug in Virtual PC. I installed Virtual Server 2005 along-side my
> > existing Virtual PC installation. Virtual Server 2005 had no problems in
> > using the hosts NIC card. I recieved no errors and was able to obtain an IP
> > address from the DHCP server on the physical LAN. I used Remote Desktop to
> > connect to the Virtual PC using the obtained IP address.
> >
> > So I decided to test an evaluation version of VMWare workstation. I
> > downloaded the eval and installed it along side the Virtual PC and Virtual
> > Server. VMWare had no issues in using the HOSTS NIC card. Therefore I must
> > conclude that this is a bug in Virtual PC. How to I log a trouble ticket?
> > Please note that I am using an MSDN Universal Subscription to obtain and run
> > Virtual PC.
> >
> > In Summary:
> > 1. Virtual PC cannot use my hosts NIC (NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb chipset
> > provides 10/100/1000 ethernet on Asus K8N-E Deluxe motherboard). I receive
> > the previously posted error when the machine is configured to use the host
> > NIC. The error occurs on startup of the VM, prior to the VM completling the
> > BIOS post screen.
> >
> > 2. Virtual Server 2005 works as expected with the HOST NIC, no errors no
> > problems, IP address is assigned from DHCP server on physical LAN.
> >
> > 3. VMWare Workstation 4.5 works as expected with the HOST NIC, no errors no
> > problems.
> >
> > 4. After installation of Virtual Server 2005, I tried to run Virtual PC
> > again, and still I am getting the exact same behaviour as point #1.
> >
> > 5. How do I log the bug with you guys? How can I assist in getting this
> > resolved? I would really rather run Virtual PC over VMWare...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Craig Sharpe
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Petro-Canada
> > "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hmmm...
> >>
> >>Does the problem go away if you use shared networking?
> >>--
> >>Cheers,
> >>Benjamin Armstrong
> >>===============================
> >>Virtual machine Program Manager
> >>
> >>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >>You assume all risk for your use.
> >>
> >>Craig Sharpe wrote:
> >>
> >>>Ben,
> >>>That is the first thing I tried was to create a new vm using an existing
> >>>disk. The system does even complete the post cycle before I recieve the
> >>>error.
> >>>
> >>>The problem seems to have something to do with the NIC and Virtual PC
> >>>software. The Virtual PC allows me to select the nic under the network
> >>>settings. However, The minute I start the VM I get the previously posted
> >>>error message. I have tried manually re-installing the VMNS driver, and I am
> >>>still seeing the same results. In addition I have rebooted and re-installed
> >>>the host OS.
> >>>
> >>>Any other thoughts?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Craig Sharpe
> >>>Senior Systems Analyst
> >>>Petro-Canada
> >>>
> >>>"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Alternatively just create a new virtual machine and point it at your
> >>>>existing virtual hard disk.
> >>>>--
> >>>>Cheers,
> >>>>Benjamin Armstrong
> >>>>===============================
> >>>>Virtual machine Program Manager
> >>>>
> >>>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >>>>You assume all risk for your use.
> >>>>
> >>>>Robin Walker wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Craig Sharpe <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64
> >>>>>>3200+ processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
> >>>>>>properly initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am
> >>>>>>receiving is:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual
> >>>>>>machine "xp 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null
> >>>>>>address.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>This is a VPC issue, and nothing to do with your hardware, or anything in
> >>>>>the host PC.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>In the Settings for the guest VPC, what do you have the network card of the
> >>>>>guest PC bound to in the host PC? Is it still looking for the name of the
> >>>>>network card you had in the old hardware host PC before you upgraded?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If so, just reconfigure the guest VPC to bind its network card to the
> >>>>>network card in your new host PC.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/21/2004
From: "Ed Reed [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Craig,

When you removed and reinstall the Virtual Machine Network Service driver,
did you reboot in between? Sometimes, this is significant.

--
Ed Reed [MSFT]
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Craig Sharpe" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> Ed,
> Thanks for the suggestion, I tried these batch files early on in my
> troubleshooting process. They did not resolve the issue. I even manually
> removed and re-installed the MSVN Drivers.
>
> My NIC has a built-in hardware firewall, which is disabled, and I have
> even
> disabled the Windows Firewall. Still no luck.
>
> I am starting to think VPC does not work with the latest NVIDIA nForce3
> 250Gb chipset (which is providing the onboard gigabit NIC). Do you know
> if
> VPC has been tested with this chipset, and thus the onboard NIC?
>
> If I examine the NIC I see the MSVN service as a bound service. I can use
> shared networking (NAT) just fine. However, I need to have the VM
> accessable
> to and by other physical machines on my lan. Using NAT is really not
> appropriate.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Craig Sharpe
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Petro-Canada
> "Ed Reed [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Try this: Exit Virtual PC. Use the batch files in the Utility directory
>> of
>> the directory in which Virtual PC is installed to remove the Virtual
>> Machine
>> Network Services driver (REMOVE.BAT), restart the computer then install
>> the
>> driver again (INSTALL.BAT). This should resolve the problem.
>>
>> --
>> Ed Reed [MSFT]
>> Microsoft Corporation
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>>
>> "Craig Sharpe" <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > Hello everyone,
>> > I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64 3200+
>> > processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
>> > properly
>> > initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am receiving is:
>> >
>> > The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine
>> > "xp
>> > 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
>> >
>> > I am running VPC 2004 with SP1 installed on a host installation of
>> > Windows
>> > XP SP2. I have all of the latest drivers for the chipset and the
>> > network
>> > driver,
>> > Network driver version 4.4.2.0
>> > Nvidia nForce 5.10
>> >
>> > The very first thing I tried was to recreate the VM using an existing
>> > disk
>> > image, no difference. I have manually uninstalled the Virtual Machine
>> > Network Services (which does show up a service bound to the NIC),
>> > rebooted,
>> > reinstalled from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual
>> > PC\Utility\VMNetSrv.
>> > I
>> > have verified that the host OS has full network connectivity. I am at
>> > my
>> > wits end. I have used Virtual PC without fail until I recently
>> > upgraded
>> > my
>> > PC.
>> >
>> > I have even gone so far as to completely format the drive and
>> > re-install
>> > XP
>> > SP2. I am still having the same issue. I have read on another thread
>> > to
>> > install Virtual Servier 2005 and use its VMNS driver. I have even
>> > tried
>> > that
>> > with out luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Microsoft is this a
>> > bug?
>> > Is there a work around? If you need help reproducing please feel free
>> > to
>> > drop me a note.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!
>> >
>> > Craig Sharpe
>> > Senior Systems Analyst
>> > Petro-Canada
>>
>>
>>

Re: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work.

Sent: 11/24/2004
From: Craig Sharpe
Message:

Ed,
Yes I sure did. In fact I rebooted after I re-installed them as just to
make sure.

Thanks,

Craig.

"Ed Reed [MSFT]" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Craig,
>
> When you removed and reinstall the Virtual Machine Network Service driver,
> did you reboot in between? Sometimes, this is significant.
>
> --
> Ed Reed [MSFT]
> Microsoft Corporation
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Craig Sharpe" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Ed,
> > Thanks for the suggestion, I tried these batch files early on in my
> > troubleshooting process. They did not resolve the issue. I even manually
> > removed and re-installed the MSVN Drivers.
> >
> > My NIC has a built-in hardware firewall, which is disabled, and I have
> > even
> > disabled the Windows Firewall. Still no luck.
> >
> > I am starting to think VPC does not work with the latest NVIDIA nForce3
> > 250Gb chipset (which is providing the onboard gigabit NIC). Do you know
> > if
> > VPC has been tested with this chipset, and thus the onboard NIC?
> >
> > If I examine the NIC I see the MSVN service as a bound service. I can use
> > shared networking (NAT) just fine. However, I need to have the VM
> > accessable
> > to and by other physical machines on my lan. Using NAT is really not
> > appropriate.
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Craig Sharpe
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Petro-Canada
> > "Ed Reed [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >> Try this: Exit Virtual PC. Use the batch files in the Utility directory
> >> of
> >> the directory in which Virtual PC is installed to remove the Virtual
> >> Machine
> >> Network Services driver (REMOVE.BAT), restart the computer then install
> >> the
> >> driver again (INSTALL.BAT). This should resolve the problem.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ed Reed [MSFT]
> >> Microsoft Corporation
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Craig Sharpe" <Craig (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> >> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> > I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64 3200+
> >> > processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not
> >> > properly
> >> > initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am receiving is:
> >> >
> >> > The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine
> >> > "xp
> >> > 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
> >> >
> >> > I am running VPC 2004 with SP1 installed on a host installation of
> >> > Windows
> >> > XP SP2. I have all of the latest drivers for the chipset and the
> >> > network
> >> > driver,
> >> > Network driver version 4.4.2.0
> >> > Nvidia nForce 5.10
> >> >
> >> > The very first thing I tried was to recreate the VM using an existing
> >> > disk
> >> > image, no difference. I have manually uninstalled the Virtual Machine
> >> > Network Services (which does show up a service bound to the NIC),
> >> > rebooted,
> >> > reinstalled from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual
> >> > PC\Utility\VMNetSrv.
> >> > I
> >> > have verified that the host OS has full network connectivity. I am at
> >> > my
> >> > wits end. I have used Virtual PC without fail until I recently
> >> > upgraded
> >> > my
> >> > PC.
> >> >
> >> > I have even gone so far as to completely format the drive and
> >> > re-install
> >> > XP
> >> > SP2. I am still having the same issue. I have read on another thread
> >> > to
> >> > install Virtual Servier 2005 and use its VMNS driver. I have even
> >> > tried
> >> > that
> >> > with out luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Microsoft is this a
> >> > bug?
> >> > Is there a work around? If you need help reproducing please feel free
> >> > to
> >> > drop me a note.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!
> >> >
> >> > Craig Sharpe
> >> > Senior Systems Analyst
> >> > Petro-Canada
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

RE: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work. Me 2!!

Sent: 12/17/2004
From: jimmytop
Message:

Please help, I am having this exact same problem. Please see below thread
for my problem, it's identical, same hardware, same error message. I tried
all suggestions with no luck. The only things I haven't tried:
1) Use shared networking - I don't know what this means or how to set it up.
It doesn't sound like a real good option anyway??
2) Add the two lines:
<ethernet_card_address type="bytes">000*********</ethernet_card_address>
<is_dynamic_assignment type="boolean">true</is_dynamic_assignment>
to the VMC file. Will this work? What does it do? What's with all the
asterisk?

Has Microsoft confirmed this to be a known bug with VPC 2004 SP1 and the
nvidia nforce3 onboard NIC? Mine mobo is the MSI K8N Neo Platinum but uses
same chipset and devices as the OP.

Thanks for any help!!

"Craig Sharpe" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Hello everyone,
> I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64 3200+
> processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not properly
> initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am receiving is:
>
> The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine "xp
> 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
>
> I am running VPC 2004 with SP1 installed on a host installation of Windows
> XP SP2. I have all of the latest drivers for the chipset and the network
> driver,
> Network driver version 4.4.2.0
> Nvidia nForce 5.10
>
> The very first thing I tried was to recreate the VM using an existing disk
> image, no difference. I have manually uninstalled the Virtual Machine
> Network Services (which does show up a service bound to the NIC), rebooted,
> reinstalled from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Utility\VMNetSrv. I
> have verified that the host OS has full network connectivity. I am at my
> wits end. I have used Virtual PC without fail until I recently upgraded my
> PC.
>
> I have even gone so far as to completely format the drive and re-install XP
> SP2. I am still having the same issue. I have read on another thread to
> install Virtual Servier 2005 and use its VMNS driver. I have even tried that
> with out luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Microsoft is this a bug?
> Is there a work around? If you need help reproducing please feel free to
> drop me a note.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!
>
> Craig Sharpe
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Petro-Canada

RE: Nvidia NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller fails to work. Me 2

Sent: 02/23/2005
From: sup-coop
Message:

Eureka! Thank You, Thank You Thank You all!!

I also have the nForce 3 chipset, with the nForce NIC. Virtual PC 2004 did
NOT like it one bit !!! ;-) Got the same errors (00:00:00:00:00:00) as
everyone else.

After editing the .vmc file, as suggested by Andrea71, problems gone! I
even got my two virutal machines on my virtual network talking to each other,
and the other host machines on my lan through my router!
Kewl...

Big thanx to Andrea71, and all the others on this board...

Email me with any questions..... (email address - cut out)

Mark S. Cooper

"jimmytop" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Please help, I am having this exact same problem. Please see below thread
> for my problem, it's identical, same hardware, same error message. I tried
> all suggestions with no luck. The only things I haven't tried:
> 1) Use shared networking - I don't know what this means or how to set it up.
> It doesn't sound like a real good option anyway??
> 2) Add the two lines:
> <ethernet_card_address type="bytes">000*********</ethernet_card_address>
> <is_dynamic_assignment type="boolean">true</is_dynamic_assignment>
> to the VMC file. Will this work? What does it do? What's with all the
> asterisk?
>
> Has Microsoft confirmed this to be a known bug with VPC 2004 SP1 and the
> nvidia nforce3 onboard NIC? Mine mobo is the MSI K8N Neo Platinum but uses
> same chipset and devices as the OP.
>
> Thanks for any help!!
>
>
> "Craig Sharpe" wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> > I have an issue with the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe motherboard (Athlon 64 3200+
> > processor) integrated Nvidia nForce network controller, its not properly
> > initializing when a VM starts up. The error that I am receiving is:
> >
> > The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine "xp
> > 2" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
> >
> > I am running VPC 2004 with SP1 installed on a host installation of Windows
> > XP SP2. I have all of the latest drivers for the chipset and the network
> > driver,
> > Network driver version 4.4.2.0
> > Nvidia nForce 5.10
> >
> > The very first thing I tried was to recreate the VM using an existing disk
> > image, no difference. I have manually uninstalled the Virtual Machine
> > Network Services (which does show up a service bound to the NIC), rebooted,
> > reinstalled from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Utility\VMNetSrv. I
> > have verified that the host OS has full network connectivity. I am at my
> > wits end. I have used Virtual PC without fail until I recently upgraded my
> > PC.
> >
> > I have even gone so far as to completely format the drive and re-install XP
> > SP2. I am still having the same issue. I have read on another thread to
> > install Virtual Servier 2005 and use its VMNS driver. I have even tried that
> > with out luck. Does anyone have any suggestions? Microsoft is this a bug?
> > Is there a work around? If you need help reproducing please feel free to
> > drop me a note.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!
> >
> > Craig Sharpe
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Petro-Canada

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