Selecting Network - Wireless - Behind Router

[soodvarun]

Hi,

Right now I am using NAT connection for internet access but I want other machines on my network to be able to see the guest operating system on the network.

Should I use Bridge?

My concern is... if I use Bridge or sth other than NAT to achieve the above goal... what will be the IP address of my virtual macning?

Say other machines have IP address as 192.168.1.x

will this virtual machine also be falling in to the same category? and be visible in workgroups? I dont want Guest OS to start obtaining the public IP address from my ISP.

I cant' afford to experiment this simple thing thats why I am taking your time.

any help would be appreciated.

Tahnks

[rsa911]

When bridged, your virtual machine will be exactly like another physical computer linked to your network...

so if your other computers received IPs in the range 192.168.1.x ,so will your VM

I suppose your router is also performing NAT, so your ISP public ip is only received by your router, your network machines all uses privates IPs

[KevinG]

Right now I am using NAT connection for internet access but I want other machines on my network to be able to see the guest operating system on the network. Should I use Bridge?

Yes, since it looks like your physical machines are connected to a router, you can use Bridged networking with your VM's

[soodvarun]

Hi Guys,

Thankyou very much for your replies. They answered my question but the problem is still there. I changed the VM settings to Bridged Network.. I am not able to connect or get and IP address.

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate as Host OS and

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise RC2 as Guest OS.

Thanks for your time and replies.

[rsa911]

>Windows Server 2003 Enterprise RC2 as Guest OS.

do you mean SP2 or Release Candidate 2 ?!

anyway, to further help you, we would need the following infos:

\- "ipconfig /All" result on both your host & guest

\- content of the .vmx file (this is a text file stored on your host, in the virtual machine directory)

\- how is your host connected to the internet: via a router on the lan, directly through an usb dsl modem, ....

Thanks !

[KevinG]

If troubleshooting a network issue, please include the additional information.

1) Post the output from " ipconfig /all " (Windows) or " ifconfig -a " (Linux)

from both the host and guest OS

2) Post the .vmx file from the virtual machine. This file is located in the directory where you created the virtual machine and is simply a text file. Please copy / paste the contents with your reply.

3) Details of how your host is connected to the local network / Internet (Cable Modem, DSL, Router, Switch, Wired, Wireless...etc)

[soodvarun]

Hi,

I will list first how the host is connected. Perhaps this has to do something with it.

Host is connected using wireless connection toa wireless router. Its my laptop.

Could this be the only reason? If not, then further... other hosts in the home are also connected via wireless or wired connection to the router.

Router is using DSL/PPPOE connection and has a public IP address in its status.

Besides all this.. my "num lock" key is getting ON and OFF quite frequently automatically when I am running the Virtual machine. Although its a separate issue...

The output of ipconfig/all

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Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : varunsood

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-02-1F-10-F7

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f814:3294:1529:c204%9(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 15, 2007 1:49:33 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:49:31 PM

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 150999810

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 206.47.244.88

206.47.244.60

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-BB-31-51

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 5.187.49.81(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 15, 2007 1:49:29 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:10:43 PM

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ed2d:fffa:7980:abe8%16(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.129.1(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e06a:a84d:6990:de45%18(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.175.1(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.\{CF0ACA28-B008-4A56-8F54-EE80867F6D0A}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::200:5efe:5.187.49.81%14(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:5bb:3151::5bb:3151(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.\{29A26848-21AE-4474-BD24-AF8D43F829AD}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.129.1%17(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.\{8BF3AB30-B6D9-4F5A-AD7E-7A18380D22E7}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.175.1%19(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.\{1153C56B-6D88-401A-A55A-D6E38C21E923}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%20(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 206.47.244.88

206.47.244.60

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

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Contents of .vmx file

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "6"

numvcpus = "2"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "384"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "C:\Users\varun sood\Documents\Azureus Downloads\Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition\CD2 - BRMECD2FRE_EN.iso"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel"

sound.autodetect = "FALSE"

svga.autodetect = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

mks.keyboardFilter = "allow"

displayName = "Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition"

guestOS = "winnetenterprise"

nvram = "Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

floppy0.fileName = "A:"

isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "TRUE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d e5 8f f4 e6 da 2d-16 26 bf f5 44 70 6d 07"

uuid.bios = "56 4d e5 8f f4 e6 da 2d-16 26 bf f5 44 70 6d 07"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:70:6d:07"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

usb.generic.autoconnect = "TRUE"

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Thanks for your help.

[soodvarun]

If its required... my wireless router is Linkysys WRT54G.

[KevinG · Accepted solution]

Edit the settings on the Hamachi adapter and disable the VMware Bridge Protocol service on it by unchecking the box.

Select "Edit" -> " Virtual Network Settings"

Uncheck "Automatically choose an available physical network adapter to bridge to vmnet0" This is located on the "Automatic Bridge" tab

Select the "Host Virtual Network Mapping" tab and select the physical network adapter that you want to bridge to vmnet0 in the dropdown menu for vmnet0. In your case it would be (Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection )

[soodvarun]

Wow! You are really a Guru.

It Worked!

Thanks for your time and effort.

[KevinG]

I glad it worked for you