Hi folks, Host OS - Ubuntu 7.04 lamp server amd64 VMWare license.vs.1.0-00 Guest OS to be installed - OpenBSD, Slack Ubuntu is now running on this server and undergoing fine-tuning /etc/network/interfaces Code: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 Do I need adding a 2nd NIC? If YES what shall I add on; /etc/network/interfaces Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The management network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 # The VMs network interface auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address ??? netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 If NO, can Guest OSs share the NIC/broadband with the Host OS? TIA B.R. satimis
VMWare guest OS installs are virtual machines. They behave as though they are installed on a completely separate computer/environment. When you create a new Vm in which to install the Guest OS, it asks whether you want the network connection to be bridged, NAT or shared/host. Simplistically, bridged allows the Guest OS to appear to have it's own IP address, either from DHCP or static, connected to the local network subnet. NAT is similar, but can do address translation, and shared uses the host computers IP address. All use the existing NIC on the host computer. While experimenting, I would suggest bridged, which simply makes it appear like another machine on your local network. I've never tried it, but I'm sure you could install a second NIC on the host, and use that for the VM's, but I've never found it necessary.
