[clue-tech] VMServer 1.0 Host/Guest Internet problems

[Eric Beale]

Russell,

Yes, VMTools is installed and running each time the XP vm is powered up. 
No firewall is in place, and the IP address is pulled from...I'm not 
entirely sure where the host IP comes from. I'm new to this vmware/linux 
stuff, so I'm learning as I go. However, the ip returned with ifconfig 
for the eth0 card is an 'internal' IP assigned off of our Cisco router.

I've tried different configurations of the vm settings for the ethernet 
card, and each time I do, the status shows as "Connected" when I power 
up the VM. I have two CentOS vm's configured with bridging and they 
connect just fine.

Eric

Russell Glissmann wrote:
> As someone else said, have you loaded VMTools?  Without loading the 
> tools XP will have no clue as to what the Ethernet adapter is.  Also 
> on your host network, how are you getting an IP address?  Are you 
> behind some sort of a firewall that has a DHCP server, or are you 
> directly connected to the DSL/Cable modem and receiving an address 
> from the ISP?  If the latter, you may not be able to get more than one 
> address (I know Comcast only allows one address per modem).  If so, 
> then having VMWare perform NAT would be a better choice, and a simple 
> one at that.  Just make sure you have already set that up in VMWare 
> itself.  Easy to find out, just shut down XP, configure the virtual 
> machine, and add the necessary network adapter with NAT, instead of 
> Bridging.
>
> On 12/18/06, *Eric Beale* <ebeale at releaseteam.com 
> <mailto:ebeale at releaseteam.com>> wrote:
>
>     I think the problem is being compounded as the XP vm doesn't
>     detect the
>     network adapter in any of the configurations I set in the vm settings
>     before I power up the XP vm. I am unable to configure a proper LAN or
>     network connection, again, as the VM does not know there is a network
>     adapter on the host. I deleted the current connection I had, where
>     I was
>     able to see the network and ping the host and now (blushing) can't
>     reconfigure /that/.
>
>     Eric
>
>     David L. Anselmi wrote:
>     > Eric Beale wrote:
>     >> Fellas,
>     >>
>     >> Does the VM setting need to be configured with it's own IP address?
>     >> Or does it pick up the IP address, which can be either an
>     'external'
>     >> IP- 72.16.x.x- or 'internal'- 192.168.x.x....
>     >
>     > Yes, the VM needs to have its own IP and it has to be "internal",
>     > assuming that your Internet connection stuff supports more than one
>     > device on your LAN.
>     >
>     > The easiest way to get that is probably to switch the VM from
>     bridged
>     > to NAT, with the guest set to auto for IP and DHCP.  Try it.
>     >
>     > Dave
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