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reader@×××××××.com writes: |
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NOTE: |
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[ Sorry if this repost is a little abusive - possibly people just |
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felt it was too off topic and ignored it. I'm trying again since I |
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am not getting useful input from the vmware forums where this |
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properly belongs. Apparently not many of those vmware users are |
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involved with linux as guest OS, and I know from past experience |
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there are users here who can help with this] |
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I'm hoping some of you here have run gentoo on a windows host and will |
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know something about the various networking possibilities. |
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My setup: |
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Wireless connected laptop running windows vista premium home |
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Local lan network connected to internet via cable. |
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Home router has the internet connection and wireless laptop is joined |
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into lan by a WAP (Wireless access point). With static ip addressing |
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(not dhcp). |
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When setting up gentoo in the virtual machine you have two main |
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approaches to networking. Bridged and Nat. |
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Can anyone tell me which is best suited for my setup. I'd prefer not |
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to have to setup wireless networking and just use the host connection. |
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Starting the 2008.0 minimal iso file in vmware... I end up with a |
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working network immediately without doing a thing. |
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Maybe I can just transfer those settings somehow but there are no |
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setting in /etc/conf.d/net on the install disk. |
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It appears to have gotten an address from a dhcp server built into |
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vmware. [[added by HP -ed] However it offers addresses on the wrong |
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subnet for my local lan and I see no way to edit or change the subnet |
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it defaults too.] |
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I don't want to jerk around with wireless settings for the gentoo |
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install and would prefer to connect thru the hosts ip and nameserver, |
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letting the hosts wireless capabilities handle the wireless connection. |
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Should I use `Bridged' or `Nat'. And how to set it up after making |
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that decision? I suspect NAT is the answer since that works right out |
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of the box with 2008.1 minimal install *.iso. |
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However as mentioned above, that method ends up using a subnet that |
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does not match my local lan. The host can connect via ssh to the |
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livecd but no other part of the lan can (using NAT). |
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