Networking set up in FreeBSD Standalone VM

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I have setup a FreeBSD Standalone VM on my Qubes setup and I am not able to get networking working on it.

Ping to sys-firewall gateway always fails.

Here is the information as per StandaloneVM Basic settings.

IP: 10.137.0.19
Netmask:255.255.255.255
Gateway: 10.138.29.184
vDNS: 10.139.1.1, 10.139.1.2

Articles I have referred to:

  1. Routing table examples

  2. Standalone and HVMs

  3. OpenBSD Networking FAQ

  4. FreeBSD- Networking

Here is my FreeBSD VM /etc/rc.conf setup:

hostname=“BSD”
ifconfig_xn0=“inet 10.137.0.19 netmask 255.255.255.255”
defaultrouter=“10.138.29.184”

Here is my /etc/resolv.conf setup

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nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 10.139.1.2

I had previously set my nameserver to 10.139.1.1 with no changes in the outcome.

I also tried using sys-net as my gateway with corresponding changes to my rc.conf setup. I was able to ping sys-net once. Never again.

I have changed the netmask to 255.255.255.0 with no success.

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According to another topic, specify 255.255.255.0 for the netmask.

I just booted from 13.1:

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Brilliant! It was the combination of netmask and gateway that did the trick.

i switched to 10.137.0.3 as you had suggested.

Still cannot figure GUI though.

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I’ve had similar issues with FreeBSD while trying to use QEMU, looks like for me the problem was not the Video (GUI), but rather the mouse. Apparently the key is to redirect X to the host. maybe at some point I will look more into it, but since Linux is gradually switching to Wayland, i’m hesitant to invest time into it.