Re: VMWare network setup (newbie)
On Thursday 16 August 2007, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
> Hi, sorry if this is too basic or offtopic a question,
> but i didnt see a debian-newbie list or anything.
>
> Im running Etch on an IBM ThinkPad T60. I need to run
> a Windows application on it, so i installed VMWare
> Server
> following some detailed instructions i found on
> HowToForge and then installed Windows into the virtual
> machine.
>
> Things seemed to "work" fine but i cant seem to get
> networking going. Im using a laptop so im on a
> wireless
> connection most of the time, but there wasnt anything
> in the configuration menu about this.
>
> So now my guest Windows machine doesnt show any
> networking devices in its control panel. How can i get
> this machine to share the hosts' wireless connection?
> I wasnt sure where to look in the docs as i dont
> really understand networking :-)
>
> There are other things that dont work either--sound
> isnt configured and unlike what it says in the VMWare
> docs theres no easy option for configurating it. And i
> have a dualcore machine but VMWare only let's me use
> one processor. But theese arent to important, the app
> i need to use from within Windows isnt very
> challenging, its more out of curiousity.
>
> Thank you! Im really pleased with Debian so far.
>
> Jen
Jen,
In the vmware configuration, you can select NAT networking, and that will grab
a new IP address from your wireless connection, but only if it sees the
device. If you go into your VMWare configuration dialog, under Hardware, do
you see any wireless devices?
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