Vmware Workstation 5 on multi-homed XP

[Bill Michaelson]

The subject says most of it. I want to use two NIC's from the guest
OS's, all running some form of Linux. Is it possible? Doesn't seem so,
but I hope I'm wrong.

[Clay Calvert]

Post by Bill Michaelson
The subject says most of it. I want to use two NIC's from the guest
OS's, all running some form of Linux. Is it possible? Doesn't seem so,
but I hope I'm wrong.

It is possible. I've used multiple NICs in Windows guests. Have you
gone into Edit, Virtual Network settings? That will allow you to bind
VMnets to specific physical NICs. Then assign the virtual NICs to the
desired VMnets. Rebooting isn't necessary, you can change NICs on the
fly.
Clay Calvert
***@Zanguru.com
Replace "Z" with "L"

[Bill Michaelson]

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I don't want to change NICs on the fly. I know
how to do that. I want a multi-homed client. Something that will allow
me to use the routing capabilities of my Linux client virtual machine.

Post by Clay Calvert

Post by Bill Michaelson
The subject says most of it. I want to use two NIC's from the guest
OS's, all running some form of Linux. Is it possible? Doesn't seem so,
but I hope I'm wrong.

It is possible. I've used multiple NICs in Windows guests. Have you
gone into Edit, Virtual Network settings? That will allow you to bind
VMnets to specific physical NICs. Then assign the virtual NICs to the
desired VMnets. Rebooting isn't necessary, you can change NICs on the
fly.
Clay Calvert
Replace "Z" with "L"

[Clay Calvert]

Post by Bill Michaelson
Perhaps I wasn't clear. I don't want to change NICs on the fly. I know
how to do that.

That was just one point I was making.

Post by Bill Michaelson
I want a multi-homed client. Something that will allow
me to use the routing capabilities of my Linux client virtual machine.

This is covered in the manual. Go to the "Custom Networking
Configurations" section.

Clay Calvert
***@Zanguru.com
Replace "Z" with "L"

[Bill Michaelson]

Ah yes - I see. All I had to do was add the virtual NIC. That's the
part I was missing!

Thank you.

Post by Clay Calvert

Post by Bill Michaelson
Perhaps I wasn't clear. I don't want to change NICs on the fly. I know
how to do that.

That was just one point I was making.

Post by Bill Michaelson
I want a multi-homed client. Something that will allow
me to use the routing capabilities of my Linux client virtual machine.

This is covered in the manual. Go to the "Custom Networking
Configurations" section.
Clay Calvert
Replace "Z" with "L"