Ok, im getting closer.
I have removed the alias eth0:X by issueing the
ifconfig eth0:0 down
and restarted the VPS - It is now pinging the host sucsessfully. However, still wont access the internet.
The host reports
[root@cl-t091-040cl ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:FC:2F:95:72
inet addr:72.55.179.7 Bcast:72.55.179.31 Mask:255.255.255.224
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:fcff:fe2f:9572/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3197 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2351 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1127335 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:348281 (340.1 KiB)
Interrupt:201
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
venet0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1344 (1.3 KiB) TX bytes:1344 (1.3 KiB)
[root@cl-t091-040cl ~]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
72.55.180.209 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 venet0
72.55.179.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.224 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 72.55.179.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
and the VPS
[root@cl-t091-040cl ~]# vzctl enter 101
entered into VE 101
[root@VE101 /]# ping google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
[root@VE101 /]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1120 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1120 (1.0 KiB)
venet0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:127.0.0.1 P-t-P:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1344 (1.3 KiB) TX bytes:1344 (1.3 KiB)
venet0:0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:72.55.180.209 P-t-P:72.55.180.209 Bcast:72.55.180.209 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
[root@VE101 /]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.0.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 venet0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 venet0
0.0.0.0 192.0.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 venet0
I am unable to access the internet from the VPS. Or access the VPS from the internet. However the host can access the VPS.