[TriLUG] VMware networking Q

[Rodent of Unusual Size]

Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 01:50:26PM -0500, Rodent of Unusual Size:
> > 
> > The laptop is sometimes on a network through the onboard
> > 100baseT eth0, and sometimes wireless through the ORiNOCO
> > eth1.  And I'd like the W2K VM to be able to access the
> > network regardless of which interface the host is using,
> > and also be able to access the host's filesystem.
> 
> I do this, and it just works. I *THINK* they just address the
> default route with the NAT.

Well, I'm plugged into the office LAN now through the onboard
eth0, and I've gone through the three different VM config editor
interfaces with the following results.  Only one of the three
was set at a time; I removed the others before each change and
reboot of the vm.  For each one I installed the 'host-only',
'bridged', and 'nat' option, booted the vm, and looked in the
'my network places' and 'computers near me' locations in winexplorer.
The VM is named 'Osmium'.

vmware config editor interface
 0	host-only	Osmium only
	bridged		Error (device in use)
		(during VM power-on I got an alert about
		'the interface for vmnet0 is not running')
	nat		nothing listed

 1	host-only	nothing listed
	bridged		nothing listed
		(same power-on message as for bridged above)
	nat		nothing listed

 2	host-only	Osmium only
	bridged		nothing listed
		(same power-on message as for bridged above)
	nat		nothing listed

When I set up the vm last night, the host's eth0 was down
and eth1 (the ORiNOCO card) was up.  I forget what I told it
about configuring them.
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