Assign public IP to VMware Workstation Guest OS, on Win2012 Host?

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kenkeniff

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#140842 21-Feb-2014 22:23

I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition dedicated server with 4x public IPv4 attached to it.

I'm running a couple of Guest OS' on VMware Workstation 10 which I want to assign the spare IP addresses to so I can access them directly.

What's the best way to go about this?

nathan

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#992334 22-Feb-2014 14:31

bind the VM to your NIC, put the IP on the vm

kenkeniff

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#992339 22-Feb-2014 14:40

nathan: bind the VM to your NIC, put the IP on the vm

Thanks, currently all IP's are registered on the host adapter (e.g. 101.0.102.100, 101.0.102.101, 101.0.102.102 etc); so just to confirm:

Host: Network Adapter Properties > IPv4 Properties > Advanced > [Remove IP 101.0.102.101]
VMware: Virtual Machine Settings > Network Adapter > Bridged Mode - Connected directly to the physical network
Guest OS: Set static IP to 101.0.102.101, same subnet/gateway as host

That sound right? (I'm new to VMware)

nathan

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#992351 22-Feb-2014 15:15

yep that should work. You're kind of thinking about it too deeply. Forget about that its a VM or on VMware, its just another normal machine on your network :)

kenkeniff

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#992490 22-Feb-2014 18:32

Thanks nathan, that worked.

I should have mentioned I'm relatively new to that level of networking too so still getting my head around it.

Next step I guess figuring out how to setup a firewall on either the host or in VMware and have the traffic for all the VM's route through that...