Communicating with Virtual Machines using a Wireless Router
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Communicating with Virtual Machines using a Wireless Router
Virtual Machines, Wireless routers, Wireless Network, Wireless networking
If I setup a wireless network with a router so I different computers can communicate over the network, how can those computers on the network also communicate with a virtual machine on the network? For instance, I have the network setup and two separate computers can ping each other. The virtual machine I have running on one of those computers can ping the host computer. However, the host computer and the other computer on the network cannot ping the virtual machine? Is this even possible? Or is just simply a setting I need to change?
ASKED: Jul 29 2009  7:55 PM GMT
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If you're running a workstation-based product, such as Virtual PC or VMware Workstation (or Server), then you have to be sure that you have selected the correct network adapter type, which is a bridged connection, IIRC. From there, you have to either assign a valid IP for your network, or ensure that your dhcp server knows about the VM's MAC, if you do reservations.

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Previous answer by BlankReg:
Check that the virtual machine doesn't have a firewall running. This can allow it to ping other machines, but no-one can ping to the virtual machine. (This is also true for 'real' machines as well as virtual).
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Communicating with Virtual Machines using a Wireless Router | networking-the.info   0 pts.  |   Jul 30 2009  2:53AM GMT

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KevinBeaver   7610 pts.  |   Jul 30 2009  4:46PM GMT

I’ve gotten this to work fine. As the others have said just make sure a firewall’s not loaded and you’re running in bridged mode. You may also try NAT mode in your VM as well to see if that works any better.

 
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