also, i have try
change network settings in windows vm manuell: doesn´t work with internet
if i change “automatic network adress” it will be the same data by manual
after then
i change “qube settings” on windows vm to “Network” to “default sys firewall”
–> now, internet connection is okay, with the same data 255.255.255.0 and also correct IP --> its the same data how i explain first of the text
now, i think, i “must” change the network settings of “sys-whonix” from 255.255.255.255 to 255.255.255.0 ??? --> in my old qubes system: “sys-whonix” has 255.255.255.0
if the distro has xen drivers installed but no qubes packages, you need to use manual ip config.
if the distro doesnt have xen drivers installed you can use dhcp config.
if you use dhcp config for the hvm since it does not have xen drivers, but you will connect to sys-whonix, you will need a new netvm(proxyvm) in between the hvm and sys-whonix
windows probly works because #2
ubuntu probly doesnt work because #1. ubuntu has xen drivers which disable emulated nics…and that breaks dhcp. you have to manually assign ips that qubes tells you to if you dont have the qubes networking packages
i havent figured out why yet. but when a hvm uses dhcp it always receives a def gateway of 10.137.0.1 from the dm domain. when it tried to do internet it looks for 10.137.0.1. qubes is configured that the netvm always responds with ‘hey im 10.137.0.1’ even when its not because they all have mac addr fe:ff:ff:…:ff. for some reason that doesnt work with sys-whonix directly. so you have to create another qube that provides net and is cofigure with sys-whonix for upstream.
…or just use manual config which tells windows who the real gw is (sys-whonix) so it doesnt have to ‘search’ for it with imagniary addresses like 10.137.0.1 (qubes never assigns a netvm this ip)
edit: qubes os likes to make qubes believe they are the only host on the network by assigning netmask 255.255.255.255. this is fine when you have a qube that has qubes pkgs. but for a hvm like windows, just give it a 24 bit 255.255.255.0 to keep stuff simple
Hello. I might be kind of late but… there is something I think it might help. I have read a page of Whonix website and it says to configure your network addresses as
IP address 10.152.152.50
Subnet netmask 255.255.192.0
Default gateway 10.152.152.10
Preferred DNS server 10.152.152.10
on Windows.
I think we should use some command on dom0 to change the Windows VM network addresses to the Whonix specifications, but
I don’t know how to change the VMs addresses on Qubes (and it looks like to not be available on GUI).
I’d replied earlier but my reply got lost in transition.
That Whonix configuration is an example - you cant just copy it.
You must set the IP address, gateway, and DNS to match what is shown in
Qube Manager or at qvm-ls -n
The netmask will be 255,255.255.0
You set this in the Windows qube in exactly the same way that you would
set it in Windows.
Oh, about that, there is something I want to comment here… I was trying to connect my Manjaro VM to a Whonix gateway I made based on a template, but there was something wrong…
Even when I put the correct IP, gateway, and DNS, it was not connecting to the internet. But then I’ve cloned the sys-whonix VM, put it as gateway, and it worked!
The template-based Qube didn’t connect, but the sys-whonix-based did. And I did configure the Tor connection on the template-based Whonix VM.
Am I supposed to configure something more on Whonix gateway? Like the IP of the VMs I’ll connect on it?
