Art Alexion on 26 Apr 2007 14:43:35 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] vmware server: networking and clipboard


On Friday 20 April 2007 17:29, Chad Vogelsong wrote:
> First, what VMWare product are you running?  Server?  Workstation?  Player?

Server
>
> Unless you have some kind of routing / gateway setup on you linux box, you
> will need to have a card in the VM share the IP of eth1 and then have
> another card with a private IP.
>
> Card 1 = NAT with eth1
> Card 2 = bridged with eth0 if you have your machine connect to a switch or
> something on a lan.  It can get it's own IP on your lan this way.

I guess my problem is finding where to map particular eth# to its vm 
counterpart.


>
> You may have better luck if you put some kind of router / firewall /
> gateway device in between the DSL modem & your computer.  Then your
> computer will only have 1 internal IP address and your VM can have a
> bridged interface with it's own internal IP (using the routers DHCP).
>
> If you are using the free server version (that's what I use), there doesn't
> appear to be any clipboard sharing, but for file transfer, I can just do
> FTP, SCP, Samba shares, etc.
>
> Hope that gives you at least a starting point.
>
> Chad
>
> >I am looking for help or documentation for configuring vmware networking. 
> > I have not been able to find anything useful myself.
> >
> >host = ubuntu 6.06 (dapper)
> >vm = w2k pro
> >on host, eth0 = lan, eth1 = dsl modem
> >
> >The first time I set this up, the vm was accessing the internet but not
> > the lan.  I had to delete the vm and recreate.  Now it seems to access
> > neither. I am having trouble figuring this out from the documentation
> > provided on the vmware site.
> >
> >It seems that I need to set up some sort of virtual lan between the host
> > and the vm in order to share files and access the clipboard between the
> > two. Again, I can't figure this out from the documentation provided on
> > the vmware site.
> >
> >Any help, or a good URL, will be most appreciated.
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