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> "Asty4" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> > I have a host machine with two interfaces. One goes to the Internet, the
> > other goes to an internal LAN. The host
> >
> > machine runs Virtual Server. There are two virtual networks, one for each
> > physical interface.
> >
> > The host machine is connected directly to the Internet in one interface
> > and
> > to the LAN on another interface.
> >
> > I want to set up a VM to act as a RRAS server, so it is connected directly
> > to the Internet, and LAN clients use it
> >
> > as a gateway.
> >
> > On the host machine, running W2K3 with VS2005 R2, I have disabled
> > everything
> > except for "Virtual Machine Network
> >
> > Services" on the Internet interface.
> >
> > On the VM, running W2K8, I have configured that interface to have a static
> > ip address, gateway, and DNS servers to
> >
> > access the Internet, just as the host machine would have configured to
> > access the Internet on that interface.
> >
> > I also gave it a static internal LAN address.
> >
> > The problem is this:
> >
> > The VM cannot access the Internet. The settings are 100% correct. If I try
> > to ping an Internet IP address I get
> >
> > "Destination host unreachable".
> >
> > If I enable IPV4 on the host machine and give it a public Internet
> > address,
> > and give the VM a different public
> >
> > Internet address, then this is what happens:
> >
> > The VM can ping the host using the host's public Internet address. It can
> > also ping itself with it's public
> >
> > Internet address.
> >
> > The host can ping itself with it's public Internet address. It cannot get
> > a
> > response from the VM with the VM's
> >
> > public Internet address.
> >
> > Windows Firewall is off on both the host and the VM.
> >
> > What is going on?
> >
> > Asty4
> >
> >
>
> There isn't really enough info here to give you a useful answer. How
> does the host machine connect to the Internet? How does it get its network
> config?
>
> If the host gets its network config from an ISP, the ISP will probably
> only allow that particular IP address to access the Internet. It will not
> accept some other IP you dream up. What you will need to do is make the
> Internet connection from the public NIC of your vm, not from the host.
>
> If you host gets its network config from a DHCP server on a home or corp
> network you should not need to give it a static IP. It will get its config
> from DHCP, just as the host does.
>
> That is the first problem. The router must be able to access the
> Internet from its public NIC. Once that works you should be able to install
> RRAS and configure it as a NAT router to let your LAN clients access the
> Internet through this router (as long as they are set to use this machine as
> their default gateway). You can even set up the host to access the Internet
> through this router (using its LAN interface).
>
>
>
>
>

> I have a host machine with two interfaces. One goes to the Internet, the
> other goes to an internal LAN. The host
>
> machine runs Virtual Server. There are two virtual networks, one for each
> physical interface.
>
> The host machine is connected directly to the Internet in one interface
> and
> to the LAN on another interface.
>
> I want to set up a VM to act as a RRAS server, so it is connected directly
> to the Internet, and LAN clients use it
>
> as a gateway.
>
> On the host machine, running W2K3 with VS2005 R2, I have disabled
> everything
> except for "Virtual Machine Network
>
> Services" on the Internet interface.
>
> On the VM, running W2K8, I have configured that interface to have a static
> ip address, gateway, and DNS servers to
>
> access the Internet, just as the host machine would have configured to
> access the Internet on that interface.
>
> I also gave it a static internal LAN address.
>
> The problem is this:
>
> The VM cannot access the Internet. The settings are 100% correct. If I try
> to ping an Internet IP address I get
>
> "Destination host unreachable".
>
> If I enable IPV4 on the host machine and give it a public Internet
> address,
> and give the VM a different public
>
> Internet address, then this is what happens:
>
> The VM can ping the host using the host's public Internet address. It can
> also ping itself with it's public
>
> Internet address.
>
> The host can ping itself with it's public Internet address. It cannot get
> a
> response from the VM with the VM's
>
> public Internet address.
>
> Windows Firewall is off on both the host and the VM.
>
> What is going on?
>
> Asty4
>
>

> OK. I will clarify.
>
> The host machine has been running RRAS. It has the public interface, and
> the
> private interface. The public interface has static IP settings and goes
> directly to the Internet (not to an ISP). The private interface goes
> directly
> to a LAN.
>
> Rather than have the host machine run RRAS, I want to run RRAS in a VM.
> That
> means that I want to set the VM as the gateway on the network, and I want
> all
> traffic into the LAN to flow through the VM, and then onto the Internet.
>
> I put the exact same settings that I use on the host, into the VM. Then I
> disable IPV4 and everything except for "Virtual Machine Network Services"
> that is bound on that public NIC interface on the host computer. So, the
> host
> machine does not communicate over IPV4 or anything to the public
> interface.
>
> However, the VM does not get any packet flow onto the Internet with this
> configuration. If I use the exact same settings in the IPV4 config for the
> host on the public interface, the host can communicate fine. But, if I do
> this on the VM, the VM does not get packet flow.
>
> If I assign another IP address to the Host's public interface, and another
> to the VM's public interface (Two different public IP addresses), the host
> has Internet connectivity, but the VM still doesn't work.
>
> When both the host machine and the VM have public IP Addresses assigned, I
> can ping the host machine on the Internet, but i cannot ping the VM. If I
> try
> to ping out from the VM, I get "destination host unreachable", to an ip
> address, hostname, or to the gateway.
>
> Asty4
>