Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:44:55 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Akinori -Aki- MUSHA <knu@idaemons.org>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: networking vmware Message-ID: <38E4E417.F7B68784@gorean.org> References: <20000331071416.BBCCA1CD7@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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Peter Wemm wrote:
>
> Doug Barton wrote:
> > Akinori -Aki- MUSHA wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > At 31 Mar 2000 04:01:58 +0200,
> > > Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> wrote:
> > > > How am I supposed to get vmware to network?
> > >
> > > Currently only "host-only" networking is supported.
> >
> > What does this mean exactly? If I'm running freebsd, and running window
> s
> > in vmware, will the windows apps have access to the network?
>
> Well, the "contained" environment only has direct access to the host..
> However, the host can route or bridge or nat via other methods...
>
> If you give the vmnet interface a valid routable address you can set your
> freebsd host to do ipforwarding and set up your routes and it'll work as
> though it was a small ethernet with a real box on the other end instead of
> an emulated system.
OK, that's good news. I'm already doing natd at home so I should be
able to set that up. Domo arigato to MUSHA-san for his response as well.
Doug
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