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VMware/Windows XP/ Port Forwarding...

  • 19-10-2011 01:04PM
    #1
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Right, having a bit of trouble here....

    I'm running an iMac with Snow Leopard, with VMware Fusion installed running Windows XP...

    the only reason i'm running XP is to use a file sharing program, which requires ports to be opened

    When i do ipconfig on the VM, it's giving me an ip address of 172, not 192, and when i open my router preferences window on my mac i obviously need a 192 ip address to be able to open the ports for said ip address..

    anyone got any ideas on how to sort this problem? either make my VM give a 192 ip address or do it another way?


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  • #2
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    Change the network settings of the VM from NAT to Bridged and you can port forward to your heart's content!


  • #3
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    down in the bottom right, when i select bridged, it won't allow the VM to connect to the net, at all...?


  • #4
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    Dunno, it works for me! Are there any errors in Console.app?

    Try rebooting VMWare then if all else fails reboot the machine.


  • #5
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    Got it sorted in the end, a restart of VMware sorted it...


  • #6
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    Having another slight problem now if anyone could possibly help me!

    My VM will not connect to the net i'm getting an error.

    vmnet0 is not running

    The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is not running.

    The virtual machine will not be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your network.
    Failed to connect virtual device Ethernet0.

    anyone got any ideas?


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  • #7
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    I know it's only been a few hours since I last posted but i'm genuinely stuck here.

    Just another post to bring it up the the top.

    Thanks


  • #8
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    What Fileshare app are you running ?

    Ken


  • #9
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    the fileshare app isn't what's causing this problem tho, that's the killing thing, it's VMWARE!


  • #10
    Colonel Panic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    Are you connecting via a different network connection than normal? Wireless as opposed to wired for example? You might need to change the VM settings if so.

    Have you tried rebooting the machine?

    I Googled the error and there are some hits that list a Terminal command you can run to restart the VMWare bridge service. The hits are quite old, but I'm sure they still apply. Not sure what version of VMWare you're running anyway!


  • #11
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    Nothing has changed in the set up at all, it's just stopped working!

    i'm using Version 2.0 (116369)

    with a copy of xp!

    Anyone got any ideas?


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  • #12
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,814 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    Still having trouble with this...

    anyone got any ideas?


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