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

[David L. Willson]

1. That's odd.  I've never been asked for the NIC driver by any Windows guest, and I've
built several of them.
2. You are probably going to want to re-run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl or equivalent.  It
looks like you didn't configure NAT for your guests.
3. If this is all too much, I know a guy who works for beer, and can probably fix it.   :-)

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:08:13 -0700, Eric Beale wrote
> Yeah, that #2 didn't work...grumblegrumble...The WinXP vm detects the 
> 'new' hardware, but I am unable to update drivers for it, ergo, it does 
> not 'install'. Recommends that I connect to the internet to get the 
> latest drivers, which, ironically enough, is exactly what I'm trying to do.
> 
> In your #1 suggestion, you say change the host vm settings to NAT. My 
> host settings have no option for that in the VMWare Server console- 
> where is this setting?
> 
> David L. Willson wrote:
> > Dave means IP and DNS, not IP and DHCP.  DHCP ~is~ the automatically...
> >
> > Here's an easy way to make it all happen right.
> >
> > 1. From the host, in the VM settings, set the network adapter to NAT,
> > not bridged or host-only.
> > 2. In the guest, in Device Manger, remove any and all devices in the
> > Network Adapters class.
> > 3. Reboot the guest.  (Yes, reboot).  When it comes up, it should detect
> > and configure the Lance adapter that VMware provides to guests.
> >
> > NOTE:  The actual host adapter doesn't matter a bit to the guest.  The
> > only thing that matters to the guest is, if you've set it for bridged,
> > that you have configured vmware-bridging on the host adapter that's
> > connected.  With dial-up host, that probably won't work.  I dearly hope
> > that you did setup NAT networking when you ran the VMware config
> > scripts.  If not, rego them.
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 12:59 -0700, 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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