On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:26:57 -0600 (MDT), Rick Macdonald wrote: > > [...] > >> In case it matters I'm using 192.168.0.* addresses for my LAN. > "Forwarding" > >> in NT is enabled. The VMware virtual ethernet adapter under NT has an IP > >> address of 192.168.230.1. Is that ok? I'm not sure how the whole > emulation > >> thing works, so I don't understand how to fix my problems... > > > >I used DHCP during the potato installation (after loading the kernel and > >drivers from the 5 floppy set). Then it immediately was able to finish the > >installation from the net. > > Are you using DHCP for your LAN, too? Or do you have dial-up networking > only?
This is an office LAN full of Win95/NT machines. So, my NT box uses DHCP, and now Linux under VMware does too. > >Have you tried using an IP addr on the same subnet as NT's original IP? > > No, I didn't fiddle with it because I don't know exactly what's going on. > What exactly is the purpose of the IP address that is assigned to the > virtual ethernet adapter? Can I freely choose a different IP? The idea is that you don't have to go buy a second ethernet adapter. The end result is as if you had two cards with separate IP addrs plugged into the same net/hub. You need to set up the Linux side with default routes, etc, just as if it was a stand-alone box. ...RickM...
