[NTLUG:Discuss] VMWARE NETWORKING CONCEPTS 101

[al]

HOST_ONLY

the vmnet interface shown in ifconfig should be viewed as a new nic
installed in your box to connect to a whole new LAN that ONLY your
VMs will plug into 
ANY "host-only" interface installed in your VM should be thought of
as a different nic in a different box(your VM) with its own
settings, unrelated to vmnet(other than being on the same subnet)
use the IP of vmnet(x) as your dns and gateway for the VM's vnic


BRIDGED

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ADD OR ALIAS any of your currently installed
(real)nics
During /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl (if you have more than one nic
installed) you are asked which to use for bridged
networking(eth0,eth1,etc...)
Choose the one that is on the (real)LAN you want to have your VMs
appear on.
When you install the "bridged" vnic in your guest OS give it the
SAME settings as any of the (real)boxes on the LAN connected to the
(real)nic being bridged --!EXCEPT!-- the IP address,of course
Give the "bridged" vnic an unused IP address on the LAN you want the
VM on.
Do not worry about the current usage of eth(x) the bridging of the
interface is essentially transparent to what ever you are using that
nic for.


I hope this is useful

When searching the VMware newsgroups I found the uses of "host" and
"guest" confusing at best and inconsistent at worst.
This is how I understand it to be(for now) I hope I got it right,
cause I did get it working:-)

aal