Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 12:37:31 -0500 From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "james" <jamesp@hisser.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in VMware? Message-ID: <20030401173731.C767550BCA@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304010804570.2006-100000@greebo.hisser.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304010804570.2006-100000@greebo.hisser.org>
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:08:38 +0100 (BST), "james" <jamesp@hisser.org> said: > Hi [snip] > As to Jud's problem, well, all you should have to do is get your windows > host on > the network any way you need, then use NAT on VMware. You'll then have a > virtual network card on the guest OS - use DHCP to configure it, and well > it > just works. Ah - since I've always accessed the Net via dialup, DHCP and network cards (virtual or otherwise) are entirely new to me. Yet another opportunity to learn, which is a large part of what I enjoy (and what sometimes frustrates me as well) about FreeBSD. > There's no need at all to configure PPP on the guest OS - it just uses > the > host't TCP/IP stack, regardless of if it's PPP, ethernet, or avian > carrier > protocol. Here, Pidgie, Pidgie, Pidgie.... ;-) Jud
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