VMWare as a networking alternative

[vamythguy]

On Jan 20, 2008 9:51 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/1/20 vamythguy <vamythguy at gmail.com>:
>  >
> >
> > On Jan 20, 2008 9:24 PM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 20, 2008 5:42 PM, Kevin J. Cummings <
> cummings at kjchome.homeip.net>
> > wrote:
> > > > Ben Kevan wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:38:53 pm vamythguy wrote:
> > > > >> I want to switch my laptop over to linux, but still plan to run
> an XP
> > > > >> virtual host.  My laptop has a broadcom wireless card which seems
> to
> > be
> > > > >> troublesome.  It seems that the reverse config (windows host,
> linux
> > guest)
> > > > >> would allow the linux virtual to hit the net via nat through the
> > windows
> > > > >> master.  Is the reverse possible, for the windows guest to
> provide
> > net
> > > > >> services to the linux master?
> > > > >
> > > > > Try NAT networking. VMWare has a problem with the new kernels and
> > wireless.
> > > >
> > > > I can't (yet) speak for the latest kernels.  I have an XP VM running
> on
> > > > my FC6 laptop.  It can access the "net" pretty well, and active
> > > > connections can be made to come back to it via a current outgoing
> > > > connection, but I've had trouble accessing it directly except from
> the
> > > > hosting laptop on its VM wetwork, even though routing is supposedly
> set
> > > > up correctly (ip_forward and subnet routes) on the other networked
> > > > machines.  I'm not sure if the VMWare network is NATing on my laptop
> or
> > not.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Kevin J. Cummings
> > >
> > > Many VMware users run Fedora and other linux distributions as a guest
> > > on Windows. Browse topics on VMware's user forums and get a feel for
> > > the problems being encountered.
> > >
> > >
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> > I actually wanted to go the other way and guest a windows install on a
> linux
> > host but, somehow, use that windows guest to get me around linux
> wireless
> > issues.
>
> It is not going to happen using VMware. The guest OS sees a virtual
> hardware interface. Try another VM product.
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Thought maybe I could give the guest os direct access, load some NAT or
bridgeing sw on one of the two and be good.  Sounds like no.
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