I have installed VMware Server 2, but cannot configure it to use NAT.
I ran the Virtual Network editor as administrator, but still had no luck. Can anyone help? I would be very grateful.
Below I've incuded:
Screen shots from my Virtual Network Editor
VMware Server version and build number
Content of my .vmx file
Host info including ifconfig /all
Guest info including ipconfig -a
Version: VMware Server - Version 2.0.1, Build 156745
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.vmx file:
.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
memsize = "768"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
MemTrimRate = "-1"
displayName = "600 Linux Apache2 PHP5 MYSQL5 MediaWiki1.14"
guestOS = "rhel4"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "media-wiki.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide1:0.filename = "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server\linux.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
lsilogic.noDriver = "FALSE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
nvram = "media-wiki.nvram"
ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"
vc.uuid = "52 05 09 b3 84 7c aa fa-81 4c ee 7a 58 4e 4a 75"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
vmci0.id = "1856637952"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
debugStub.linuxOffsets = "0x0,0xffffffff,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0"
ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.fileName = "A:"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
workingDir = "."
scsi0:0.redo = ""
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:fe:83:83"
uuid.location = "56 4d 56 e2 f6 b1 c6 b0-5e 5b 2e 4d d6 fe 83 83"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 56 e2 f6 b1 c6 b0-5e 5b 2e 4d d6 fe 83 83"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
extendedConfigFile = "media-wiki.vmxf"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
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HOST:
Windows Vista Home Premium
ipconfig /all :
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Home-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7E-DE-51-B1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-95-53-A5
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d966:ef2b:1822:8a60%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:46:08 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:46:08 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-A0-67-82-3A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e918:31a6:61a3:99ed%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.6(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:17:22 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:17:22 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:3c7f:b1c:3f57:fef9(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c7f:b1c:3f57:fef9%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.home
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{166D0672-9EC3-43ED-A861-99EA2D1CD
92B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{4AA0BEA7-3583-4E2E-9DEF-7CA20A601
79C}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{EECFA10C-DA8A-45F4-ABC1-55087BAA2
42F}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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GUEST:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32 bit)
ifconfig /all:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:FE:83:83
inet addr:192.168.119.128 Bcast:192.168.119.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fefe:8383/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:196 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:285 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:38276 (37.3 KiB) TX bytes:40958 (39.9 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x2024
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5041772 (4.8 MiB) TX bytes:5041772 (4.8 MiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)