Fix IP address with vmware

Jambonant · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject: Fix IP address with vmware

Ok I do not know if I can write about vmware here but I run gentoo at home and would like to install it as a VM at work, where I have a fix IP.

I've been looking in archives for a couple of hours now and I don't understand how this problem never happend before.

I am running vmware server console (1.0.5) on windows xp SP2. My gust OS is Gentoo 2.4.24-r5. To use the internet on my windows xp machine I must use a fix IP address. When I installed the new vm I picked Bridge Connection for my VM to have access to the internet. I set the VM with the same ip address, mask, and dns addresses. but when I load my of I get the following error:

timeBandit · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Networking & Security. Not about initial installation, so moved here.

When you use the bridged interface, your guest OS must obtain or be assigned its own unique IP on the host network. The guest and host can't share the same IP address.

If you can't assign a unique IP to the guest, try using the NAT interface in the virtual machine. Your VM will appear on its own subnet that uses your host OS as a gateway.
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