An alternative, and perhaps easier method is simply to enable both
"Host-Only" and "Bridged" networking in the VM. Then you will have direct
access to the Ethernet card from the VM and can even get an I.P. address via
DHCP.
Tony.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John D. Kim
> Sent: 14 June 2000 21:51
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] vmware problems
>
>
> Your vm gateway shouldn't be set to your linuxbox unless you've configured
> ip masquerading/chaining on the linuxbox. Try setting your vm gateway to
> whatever that the linuxbox is using for gateway.
>
> John Kim
> Linux System Engineer @ ASL - visit us as www.aslab.com
>
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, LinuxMan :-) wrote:
>
> > hi all ! :-)
> >
> > well , here goes :
> >
> > a am running mandrake 7.1 on my amd 700mhz box , and i have vmware
> > installed
> > running win2k.
> > samba is working just fine and the 2 Os's are pinging each other and
> > sharing files.
> > i can browse from the vm to Linux but i cannot browse from the vm to the
> > internet.
> > i think i went over everything , but i still cant figure why (the hell)
> > i cant ping anywhare outside
> > my local machine.
> >
> > the linux box is also the gateway to the vm machine...
> > any thought's ?
> >
> >
> >
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