Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:21:24 -0500 > From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Samba config for Windows on VMWare > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > > Mark Hull-Richter wrote:>> >>> The vmware client is using a bridged Ethernet adapter (meaning same as >>> the host, I think). >> >> "Bridged" means the guest shares the host's network adapter directly but >> it looks like a completely different system to everyone else including >> the host - that is, it needs its own IP address on the same subnet. >> >> Once that is set up, sharing files is exactly the same as with any other >> machine on the network. >> > Okay, I understand that. However, my computer is linked up to a DSL > modem and has no subnet, per se, and the DSL host assigns my IP > address. So: > > 1) Is tehre a way I can get around this and give my Windows VM its own > IP address (and how)? I don't know how vmware does it, but i'm sure it's possible. With xen, you do something like ifconfig dummy0 <whatever> and configure dummy0 into the bridge in place of eth0. > > 2) If not, how would I set up one of the other ethernet types to make > this work? NAT doesn't look right for this, and I don't know enough > to do a custom network, so that hints to me that host-only might work, > but that calls for a vmnet1 device on the host, and I know nothing > about this (but I will look - just hoped for a quickie answer > here...). If you want internet access for both concurrently, NAT is exactly what you want. See netfilter.org and consider installing shorewall. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list