Dear friends:
This is a footnote to my earlier letter concerning Mandrake 7.0, VMware
2.0 and Win3.1.
I have a single computer running Linux and a single virtual machine with
Win3.1 on it. I have ADSL broadband (3com ethernet card) and I also use
a U. S. Robotics 56k EXT modem as a backup for the ADSL.
During installation, VMWARE recognized my DHCP protocol and suggested
bridge network. That's what Settings also showed after installation
(which was otherwise perfect). At the bottom of the main VMware screen I
see icons for four devices: floppy, hard drive, CD AND ethernet0. The
floppy icon works when I click on it and the hard drive. The CD is of no
importance at this time. But the ethernet icon does not respond.
BIG QUESTION OF THE DAY:
After reading extensivly on this subject on VMware's support page
(Documentation, Networking) at:
http://www.vmware.com/support/linux/doc/networking_linux.html, I can't
help but wonder if perhaps what I really need is HOST-ONLY NETWORKING
for the ethernet card. Bellsouth considers me to be on a LAN, and that
is the way my ADSL was configured from the beginning (first under
Windows95 and now under Linux). I hope to avoid Win95/98 at all costs in
VMware. My interest is very specific: Windows Media Player 3.0 for
Win3.1, which is equivalent, I think, to WMP 6.4 for Win96/98. I need
this for live Russian broadcasting for my colleagues and myself, and TV6
Moscow broadcasts, alas, only on WMP.
What's your opinion, please? Bridge or host-only networking?
Thank you so very much.
Benjamin
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Benjamin and Anna Sher
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