> Even if DHCP doesn't work, everything should be OK with a manual config.
> Have you set the netmask, gateway and DNS address to the same values as
> those on the host?
>
> If you are in doubt, post an ipconfig listing from both host and guest.
> Let me get this straight first. You want the vm to look like another
> computer on your LAN. Is that correct?
>

> I am in Australia. I live just south of Sydney.
>
> All the best,
> Bill
> MVP Virtual Machine

> I am in Australia. I live just south of Sydney.
>
> All the best,
> Bill
> MVP Virtual Machine
>
> "Jamie Clayton" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>
>> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>>> Even if DHCP doesn't work, everything should be OK with a manual
>>> config.
>>> Have you set the netmask, gateway and DNS address to the same values as
>>> those on the host?
>>>
>>> If you are in doubt, post an ipconfig listing from both host and
>>> guest.
>>
>> Bill,
>> Thanks for the solution. In the VM XP I used cmd.exe and Ipconfig to
>> solve
>> the problem. I didn't have the "default gateway" correct, so after a
>> manual
>> change, then re-enabling the connection everything worked.
>>
>> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>>> Let me get this straight first. You want the vm to look like another
>>> computer on your LAN. Is that correct?
>>>
>> Bill,
>> Secondly to answer your intial question, no I don't want the VM to
>> simulate
>> another computer, its just a shared VM on a server that other remote
>> offices
>> use to test with. Our software developers just copy down a "starting
>> point"
>> VM from the server and make adjustments according. If there is a
>> 'problem',
>> they copy down the original and start over.
>>
>> Finaly, the fact you could give me a response and solution in a few hours
>> is
>> absolutely amazing. Thanks very much. If your ever down in Australia,
>> give
>> me a call and I'll buy you a beer!
>

> G'day,
>
> I've setup a Virtual Machine with windows XP + sp2 from a Windows 2003
> machine (server administrator configured it) and copied the VM to the
> Vista
> 32 sp1 machine to use.
>
> When I open up the XPsp2 VM on a Vista 32 computer (user) I had to do the
> following.
> 1. Set the IP address manually on the VM (didn't like to set it from
> DHCP).
> 2. Enabled public sharing on the VM XP system. Vista could see the VM PC
> and access public folders.
> 3. Could ping the local Vista PC ip address.
> 4. Could ping the local DHCP server/router.
> 5. Failed to ping any internet addresses. Eg. ping www.microsoft.com
> 6. With the Vista and XP firewalls off, failed to ping internet addresses.
> 7. With the vista and XP Firewalls off, failed to ping any other
> IPAddresses
> in our WAN (VPN IPSEC).
> 8. Vista doesn't display icons for all our newtwork resources (Some
> VPN/WAN
> discovery problem), but happily connects to those resources via a lmhost
> file. So I know I have connectivity.
> 9. After enabling Vista internet sharing and disabling firewalls, failed
> to
> ping internet addresses from the VM.
> 10. Couldn't find out how to install a loopback provider on Vista (not
> sure
> if this is a windows XP thing).
>
> So I have a VM that really needs to access other resources from the WAN
> (like out SQL Server 2005on Windows 2003) as the VM is being used for
> application installation testing, but the lack of network connectivity is
> blocking me.
> What do I need to do to get this work?

>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>> Even if DHCP doesn't work, everything should be OK with a manual
>> config.
>> Have you set the netmask, gateway and DNS address to the same values as
>> those on the host?
>>
>> If you are in doubt, post an ipconfig listing from both host and
>> guest.
>
> Bill,
> Thanks for the solution. In the VM XP I used cmd.exe and Ipconfig to
> solve
> the problem. I didn't have the "default gateway" correct, so after a
> manual
> change, then re-enabling the connection everything worked.
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>> Let me get this straight first. You want the vm to look like another
>> computer on your LAN. Is that correct?
>>
> Bill,
> Secondly to answer your intial question, no I don't want the VM to
> simulate
> another computer, its just a shared VM on a server that other remote
> offices
> use to test with. Our software developers just copy down a "starting
> point"
> VM from the server and make adjustments according. If there is a
> 'problem',
> they copy down the original and start over.
>
> Finaly, the fact you could give me a response and solution in a few hours
> is
> absolutely amazing. Thanks very much. If your ever down in Australia,
> give
> me a call and I'll buy you a beer!