> It should work fine when set to use the physical NIC option. The config
> you list will be from that setting. The guest machine has received its IP
> config from DHCP on your ADSL router. (This network config will not work
> with any of the other network settings).
>
> I would make sure that you have the guest set to use the physical NIC
> in the VPC network settings. From a command prompt (in the guest) do
> ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew (or reboot the virtual machine) .
> Then do an ipconfig /all to check that it has the correct network config.
> Apart from the actual IP address, everything should be the same as the
> host's config (and it should work just as the host does).
>
> Mike wrote:
>> I am having problems getting the XP Pro guest OS to connect to the
>> Internet and I was hoping someone could advise what the problem might
>> be. Setup is this:
>>
>> Host machine: Dell P4, XP Pro SP2, MS VPC version 5.3.582.27
>> IP address 192.168.87.2/24 (along with some other IP addresses on
>> other networks mainly for router configs etc.)
>> Gateway 192.168.87.10 (LAN address of our ADSL router).
>>
>> Guest OS: XP Pro SP2, static IP of 192.168.87.246/24
>>
>> I have marked VPC as an exclusion in the firewall on the host PC, and
>> disabled the firewall on the guest OS. I initially set the guest to
>> use Shared Networking and it didn't see the Internet. I changed it to
>> "3Com 10/100 NIC" which is the physical NIC in the host machine, and
>> for a while it was fine. It sat for several hours downloading
>> something, then lost the connection. I thought nothing of it, shut
>> down the VM and went home. Next day, the machine cannot see the
>> Internet again.
>> I have tried switching the network options between "local only",
>> shared and the physical NIC. Sometimes the guest os has a network
>> connection, sometimes it doesn't. I cannot make it see the Internet
>> any more though.
>> Any ideas would be gratefully received.
>>
>> Mike.
>
>

> I am having problems getting the XP Pro guest OS to connect to the
> Internet and I was hoping someone could advise what the problem might
> be. Setup is this:
>
> Host machine: Dell P4, XP Pro SP2, MS VPC version 5.3.582.27
> IP address 192.168.87.2/24 (along with some other IP addresses on
> other networks mainly for router configs etc.)
> Gateway 192.168.87.10 (LAN address of our ADSL router).
>
> Guest OS: XP Pro SP2, static IP of 192.168.87.246/24
>
> I have marked VPC as an exclusion in the firewall on the host PC, and
> disabled the firewall on the guest OS. I initially set the guest to
> use Shared Networking and it didn't see the Internet. I changed it to
> "3Com 10/100 NIC" which is the physical NIC in the host machine, and
> for a while it was fine. It sat for several hours downloading
> something, then lost the connection. I thought nothing of it, shut
> down the VM and went home. Next day, the machine cannot see the
> Internet again.
> I have tried switching the network options between "local only",
> shared and the physical NIC. Sometimes the guest os has a network
> connection, sometimes it doesn't. I cannot make it see the Internet
> any more though.
> Any ideas would be gratefully received.
>
> Mike.