> Having problems, getting the Guest OS (Windows XP) to get to the
> internet.
>
> The setup for Guest OS is Adapter 1: Inter(R) PRO/100 VE Network
> connection. In the Guest OS, the connection is set to obtain and IP
> address automatically.
>
> I have not changed any setting on the Host OS (Windows XP)
>
> The part I can't work out is, the Guest OS is assigned a IP address
> by the router ( DHCP ) And the router info web pages shows that it's
> connected and as assigned a IP address.
>
> However I can get it to work. Ping gets request timed out.
>
> I set two other vitrual PC's using DSL linux and Ubantu, just to see
> if it would work. However I get the exact same problem.
>
> I tried using the loop back adapter and had even less success.
>
> I then used VMware and a copy of ubantu, it worked with no problems.
> Personally I think Virtual PC 2004 is heaps better and works better
> all round.
>
> I think that the Router is messing up the connection, but have no
> idea why.
>
> Any pointers would be a great help.

> That should just work. This machine has that same NIC and it works fine.
> From a vm I get Internet access through the LAN router.
>
> Is the vm getting the correct gateway and DNS address? For DNS it should
> get either the router's internal IP (if the router is doing DNS proxy) or
> the external DNS address configured on the router's public NIC (ie the DNS
> at your ISP). The gateway should be the router's private IP.
>
> To use the loopback adapter you would need to run ICS on the host. The
> vm's NIC would be set to the loopback adapter option and get its network
> config from ICS (not the router). ICS would allow it to share the host's
> Internet connection. In this case the vm would get the loopback adapter's IP
> (192.168.0.1) as both gateway and DNS address. ICS does DNS proxy.
>
> Derrick wrote:
> > Having problems, getting the Guest OS (Windows XP) to get to the
> > internet.
> >
> > The setup for Guest OS is Adapter 1: Inter(R) PRO/100 VE Network
> > connection. In the Guest OS, the connection is set to obtain and IP
> > address automatically.
> >
> > I have not changed any setting on the Host OS (Windows XP)
> >
> > The part I can't work out is, the Guest OS is assigned a IP address
> > by the router ( DHCP ) And the router info web pages shows that it's
> > connected and as assigned a IP address.
> >
> > However I can get it to work. Ping gets request timed out.
> >
> > I set two other vitrual PC's using DSL linux and Ubantu, just to see
> > if it would work. However I get the exact same problem.
> >
> > I tried using the loop back adapter and had even less success.
> >
> > I then used VMware and a copy of ubantu, it worked with no problems.
> > Personally I think Virtual PC 2004 is heaps better and works better
> > all round.
> >
> > I think that the Router is messing up the connection, but have no
> > idea why.
> >
> > Any pointers would be a great help.
>
>
>

> Bill Grant thanks for the help, I tried out what you said, However I
> still can't get it to work. My Knowledge of networking is not all
> that good. I was wanting to connect the Virtual PC to the internet
> directly,with out using the loop back adapter (I want to isolate the
> Host from the Guest as much as possible, for security reasons)
>
> I have a Laptop, and installed the Laptop Hotfix
>
> Since I have a DHCP router, I thought that if Both the Guest and Host
> use the automatic setting and get the Router to assign the IP address
> to both it would work fine.
>
> The part I still can't work out is this. While the router gives out
> two seperate IP addresses to the Host and Guest, and by my
> understanding all is ok. Why is it that only the Host has access to
> the net while the Guest does not. When I have a look at the
> connection details on the Host I have
>
> Address Type: Assigned by DHCP
> IP Address: 10.10.10.25
> Subset Mask: 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway: 10.10.10.22
> Using Inter(R) PRO/100 card
> The Host connection works fine and has no problems what so ever:
>
> The Guest connection is
>
> Address Type: Assigned by DHCP
> IP Address: 10.10.10.26
> Subset Mask: 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway: 10.10.10.22
> Using Inter(R) PRO/100 card
>
> My understanding is that the Router handles the IP address for both
> the Host and Guest, Is the fact the the same physical network card is
> being used, making a mess of things. Can a network card have two PC's
> connecting directly thought it? If so how is it possible. The Guest
> and Host both have the same MAC address.
>
> When I look at the status web page of the Router, the Addresses have
> been assigned correctly and it looks like all is good.
>
> I can't work it out, It's all connected and looks correct. The Guest
> system, connection status box shows that it is connected and working.
> However a ping from the Guest results in a timeout.
>
> Can someone show me what I am doing wrong.
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
>> That should just work. This machine has that same NIC and it
>> works fine. From a vm I get Internet access through the LAN router.
>>
>> Is the vm getting the correct gateway and DNS address? For DNS
>> it should get either the router's internal IP (if the router is
>> doing DNS proxy) or the external DNS address configured on the
>> router's public NIC (ie the DNS at your ISP). The gateway should be
>> the router's private IP.
>>
>> To use the loopback adapter you would need to run ICS on the
>> host. The vm's NIC would be set to the loopback adapter option and
>> get its network config from ICS (not the router). ICS would allow it
>> to share the host's Internet connection. In this case the vm would
>> get the loopback adapter's IP (192.168.0.1) as both gateway and DNS
>> address. ICS does DNS proxy.
>>
>> Derrick wrote:
>>> Having problems, getting the Guest OS (Windows XP) to get to the
>>> internet.
>>>
>>> The setup for Guest OS is Adapter 1: Inter(R) PRO/100 VE Network
>>> connection. In the Guest OS, the connection is set to obtain and IP
>>> address automatically.
>>>
>>> I have not changed any setting on the Host OS (Windows XP)
>>>
>>> The part I can't work out is, the Guest OS is assigned a IP address
>>> by the router ( DHCP ) And the router info web pages shows that
>>> it's connected and as assigned a IP address.
>>>
>>> However I can get it to work. Ping gets request timed out.
>>>
>>> I set two other vitrual PC's using DSL linux and Ubantu, just to see
>>> if it would work. However I get the exact same problem.
>>>
>>> I tried using the loop back adapter and had even less success.
>>>
>>> I then used VMware and a copy of ubantu, it worked with no problems.
>>> Personally I think Virtual PC 2004 is heaps better and works better
>>> all round.
>>>
>>> I think that the Router is messing up the connection, but have no
>>> idea why.
>>>
>>> Any pointers would be a great help.

> Having problems, getting the Guest OS (Windows XP) to get to the internet.
>
> The setup for Guest OS is Adapter 1: Inter(R) PRO/100 VE Network connection.
> In the Guest OS, the connection is set to obtain and IP address automatically.
>
> I have not changed any setting on the Host OS (Windows XP)
>
> The part I can't work out is, the Guest OS is assigned a IP address by the
> router ( DHCP ) And the router info web pages shows that it's connected and
> as assigned a IP address.
>
> However I can get it to work. Ping gets request timed out.
>
> I set two other vitrual PC's using DSL linux and Ubantu, just to see if it
> would work. However I get the exact same problem.
>
> I tried using the loop back adapter and had even less success.
>
> I then used VMware and a copy of ubantu, it worked with no problems.
> Personally I think Virtual PC 2004 is heaps better and works better all
> round.
>
> I think that the Router is messing up the connection, but have no idea why.
>
> Any pointers would be a great help.

> Having problems, getting the Guest OS (Windows XP) to get to the internet.
>
> The setup for Guest OS is Adapter 1: Inter(R) PRO/100 VE Network connection.
> In the Guest OS, the connection is set to obtain and IP address automatically.
>
> I have not changed any setting on the Host OS (Windows XP)
>
> The part I can't work out is, the Guest OS is assigned a IP address by the
> router ( DHCP ) And the router info web pages shows that it's connected and
> as assigned a IP address.
>
> However I can get it to work. Ping gets request timed out.
>
> I set two other vitrual PC's using DSL linux and Ubantu, just to see if it
> would work. However I get the exact same problem.
>
> I tried using the loop back adapter and had even less success.
>
> I then used VMware and a copy of ubantu, it worked with no problems.
> Personally I think Virtual PC 2004 is heaps better and works better all
> round.
>
> I think that the Router is messing up the connection, but have no idea why.
>
> Any pointers would be a great help.