does anyone know how to network between Vista Ultimate and VMware V6.0.2 Build 59824 as am having real problems and is making me get frustrated i am sure once VMware is networked i can then work out the networking between vista and win2k3 server..
if anyone can help i would love that saving my hair from being pulled out
Thanks guys and also wasn't sure where to put this post i thought networking as it's that i am after
Marcg5477: does anyone know how to network between Vista Ultimate and VMware V6.0.2 Build 59824 as am having real problems and is making me get frustrated i am sure once VMware is networked i can then work out the networking between vista and win2k3 server..
VMware is typically no different from a "real" PC. The first thing to check is connectivity.
Are all the machines set to automatically obtain an address (DHCP) or fixed addresses? If fixed addresses what have you given them?
First step may be to open a CMD command prompt and run IPCONFIG / ALL and paste the results here.
the networking with internet is ok it's just using vista and the VMWare network cards won't let me do...
I Have VMnet1 and VMnet 8
On the VMnet8 the address is 192.168.136.1 (prefered) Gateway is 192.168.136.254
VMnet 1 is 192.168.12.1 (prefered) gateway 192.168.12.254
the router is 192.168.0.254 (linksys router not modem) then have a dlink modem on 10.1.1.1 ( linksys and dlink are working together no probs i can access both the router and modem from my lappy which use's the router (192.168.0.254) )
the networking with internet is ok it's just using vista and the VMWare network cards won't let me do... IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.54(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
This would be from Vista machine so that's OK.
What operating system is running inside VMware ... ie. on the "guest"?
The key is to make sure that the IP address of that machine is also on the same address range as your router (so 192.168.0. something). If it is then try
PING 192.168.0.54
and see if you get a response. If so then they should communicate OK.
If the 'guest" machine is on a differnt address range then they can't talk. This is IP addressing - nothing to do with VMware ... it would be the same with a real PC.
ok so the VMnet1 & 8 doesn't matter what that is then just as long as the guest OS ( in my case it's windows Server 2003 Enterprise) matches the router IP then?
Marcg5477: ok so the VMnet1 & 8 doesn't matter what that is then just as long as the guest OS ( in my case it's windows Server 2003 Enterprise) matches the router IP then?
The normal config if for VMware to install many pretend networks such as the VMnet1 and 8 yo use for "private" communications between guests and the host machine. However, most VMs will just use DHCP to get their own address on the network and communicate directly with the Internet and the rest of your LAN (including the host) using the main network (192.168.0.x).
So ... yes ... as long as the guest OS is on the same address range then all should be well.
the problem i still face is that i manually matched the ip addy to the main router i use and ping it and i can't ping the host and the host can't ping the guest so still not sure how to solve this
is there anything special to network from vista to a non vista machine?
maybe it's me or if i'm not that bright but when i did the ipconfig/all it told me it was on 10.1.1.1 as the DNS how to figure out what the DNS should be ?
I don't know if they would be conflicting with each but you could try turning off the Wireless adaptor as both that and the ethernet have the same IP range on them.
Marcg5477: the problem i still face is that i manually matched the ip addy to the main router i use and ping it and i can't ping the host and the host can't ping the guest so still not sure how to solve this
is there anything special to network from vista to a non vista machine?
Check your VMware settings.
In the HOST, Virtual Network settings on your "host" machine you should have VMnet0 (Bridged) and this is the normal it should use. VMnet1 and 8 are "private" networks internal to VMware. VMnet0 connect your Virtual Machine "direct" to the network ias if it was a real machine.
Subnet Mask will typically be 255.255.255.255
On the Automatic Bridging tab turn off auto as it may be connecting to wireless or something.
On the Host Virtual Mapping tab select you LAN card (not wioreless or anything else) under the VMnet0 dropdown.
Leave the rest and click OK.
Start your virtual machine.
Under the VM menu go to Removable Devices, Ethernet, Disconnect.
If you are logged in to Windows inside the guest then Network icon in the system tray / notification are (next to the clock) should go disabled if it's there. Go to Settings, Netork Connections and it should show the connection as greyed out. If you right-click and look at properties for the adapter it should be using "VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter".
Quick question ... Have you installed VMware tools? (VMm, Install VMware tools from host)
In VMware go to VM, Removable, Ethernet, Edit and check that it is connected at power on and that you are using Bridged mode.
Re-enable the card from VMware (VM, removable, Etherner, Connect or by ticking Connected in the above).
In your virtual machine try a PING again ...
PING 192.168.0.54
or
PING 192.168.0.254
both should work if all is well. What address are you using for the VM's network card (IPCONFIG)? If the address you have chosen is not unique then PING will fail.
PING should work regardless of DNS if you are using addresses as above. DNS will only matter if you use a name like
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