http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: vmware NAT config en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:46:32 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vmware-nat-config#post-2187 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:16:26 +0000 blade 2187@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Ive changed the NAT config in vmware so that the range available matches the static ip for the virtual machine x.x.200.x. This allows me to ping between the virtual server at x.x.200.128 and my host which is seen at x.x.200.1, but not anything outside teh host as though it is a Host-Only connection.</p> <p>My network adaptor is still NAT: Used to share the host's IP address.<br /> Should I change this to custsom and select vmnet8 specifically instead of by default. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vmware-nat-config#post-2180 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:32:01 +0000 supermansghost 2180@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>The NAT network is usually a separate range from the host's main network connection.</p> <p>The virtual machine will be assigned an IP in that range, and the host system will translate it to the rest of the network. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vmware-nat-config#post-2178 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:27:40 +0000 blade 2178@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Does this mean that my vmnet8 NAT settings do not have to match either the virtual or physical host ?<br /> My thought was that the NAT range I have (currently x.x.245.x) should at least match up with the virtual machine (x.x.200.x) by changing the 245 to 200. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vmware-nat-config#post-2169 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:07:58 +0000 supermansghost 2169@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Sometimes when you change the settings you'll need to go into VMware and restart the NAT service so that it picks up the new settings.</p> <p>Then you might have to disable/enable the adapter in the virtual machine for it to fully pick up the settings. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vmware-nat-config#post-2162 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:18:57 +0000 blade 2162@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I am trying to configure a vmware virtual machine to access the external network via the host machine using the NAT capability. bridged to physcial is no longer an option.</p> <p>My XP host is 192.168.250.105 via DHCP<br /> My virtual machine is a 2k3 (domain controller) server with static ip 192.168.200.128<br /> The virtual networks presented by vmware are<br /> vmnet1 ( host only ) 192.168.95.0<br /> vmnet8 (NAT) 192.168.245.0<br /> In the vmware network adapter settings for this server I have currently selected NAT ( used to share the hosts ip address).</p> <p>However, whether i use the above, or reset the adapter to a custom specific network ( &#38; select vmnet8) it does not seem to see the external network and therefore I cannot use windows update etc to install patches.</p> <p>From what I have read,<br /> I am not sure whether the fault is with the network config settings, ie should the NAT range actually match the physical host or the virtual machine.<br /> (I tried resetting the vmnet 8 settings to x.x.200.x but this didnt seem to work.)<br /> or<br /> the virtual 2k3 server must be altered in some way.<br /> before I made it a static Ip and converted it to a dc it worked fine with a bridged connection. </p>