>
>
> "Tom Mason" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Maybe one of you guys can help me figure this out:
>>
>> I have a VM that needs to have a fixed address and this VM exists on a
>> host server that has 2 Ethernet ports. 1 port is for the host server and
>> the other port is for the VMs. The host server has a fixed IP address and
>> the VM port has a DHCP address. I have given the VM a fixed IP address
>> for the Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Adaptor. IPConfig shows the right
>> fixed IP address. From the host server I can ping this VM fixed IP
>> address. However, from any other computer on the network, either real or
>> virtual, this address cannot be found.
>>
>> So, my question is: is it possible for the VM to pass it's fixed IP
>> address out through the Ethernet port with the DHCP address? If so, how?
>>
>> TOM
>>
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>
> If you really plan to use one NIC for the host and one for the vm, there
> is no need for the NIC used by the vms to have an IP at all (in the host
> network settings). You can clear all of the checkboxes in the TCP/IP
> settings except VMNS. On the NIC dedicated to the host you can clear the
> VMNS box.
>
> Traffic going to a vm does not go via the host OS. The traffic is
> separated at the network level by Virtual Machine Network Services working
> with the driver software for the NIC. The vm has its own MAC address and
> its own IP address.
>
> If you need to contact the host through the network you use the IP of
> the NIC which has no virtual network support. If you want to access the vm
> you use the static IP which you have assigned to the vm.
>
>

> Bill,
>
> When I do that I always get this message:
>
> Network Connections
> ---------------------------
> Your current selection will also disable the following features:
>
> Microsoft Virtual Network Switch Protocol
>
> Are you sure you want to disable these feature(s) ?
> ---------------------------
> Yes No
>
> And no matter whether I check Yes or No, MVNS gets unchecked.
>
> Tom
>
>
> --
> ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB
> AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU 4800+
> 4GB RAM
> nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Video
> 250 GB SATA II hard drive
> Pinnacle PCTV 7010iX TV Tuner
> "Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>
>>
>> "Tom Mason" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> Maybe one of you guys can help me figure this out:
>>>
>>> I have a VM that needs to have a fixed address and this VM exists on a
>>> host server that has 2 Ethernet ports. 1 port is for the host server and
>>> the other port is for the VMs. The host server has a fixed IP address
>>> and the VM port has a DHCP address. I have given the VM a fixed IP
>>> address for the Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Adaptor. IPConfig shows
>>> the right fixed IP address. From the host server I can ping this VM
>>> fixed IP address. However, from any other computer on the network,
>>> either real or virtual, this address cannot be found.
>>>
>>> So, my question is: is it possible for the VM to pass it's fixed IP
>>> address out through the Ethernet port with the DHCP address? If so, how?
>>>
>>> TOM
>>>
>>> --
>>> ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB
>>> AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU 4800+
>>> 4GB RAM
>>> nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Video
>>> 250 GB SATA II hard drive
>>> Pinnacle PCTV 7010iX TV Tuner
>>
>> If you really plan to use one NIC for the host and one for the vm,
>> there is no need for the NIC used by the vms to have an IP at all (in the
>> host network settings). You can clear all of the checkboxes in the TCP/IP
>> settings except VMNS. On the NIC dedicated to the host you can clear the
>> VMNS box.
>>
>> Traffic going to a vm does not go via the host OS. The traffic is
>> separated at the network level by Virtual Machine Network Services
>> working with the driver software for the NIC. The vm has its own MAC
>> address and its own IP address.
>>
>> If you need to contact the host through the network you use the IP of
>> the NIC which has no virtual network support. If you want to access the
>> vm you use the static IP which you have assigned to the vm.
>>
>>
>

> Maybe one of you guys can help me figure this out:
>
> I have a VM that needs to have a fixed address and this VM exists on a
> host server that has 2 Ethernet ports. 1 port is for the host server and
> the other port is for the VMs. The host server has a fixed IP address and
> the VM port has a DHCP address. I have given the VM a fixed IP address for
> the Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Adaptor. IPConfig shows the right fixed
> IP address. From the host server I can ping this VM fixed IP address.
> However, from any other computer on the network, either real or virtual,
> this address cannot be found.
>
> So, my question is: is it possible for the VM to pass it's fixed IP
> address out through the Ethernet port with the DHCP address? If so, how?
>
> TOM
>
> --
> ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB
> AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU 4800+
> 4GB RAM
> nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Video
> 250 GB SATA II hard drive
> Pinnacle PCTV 7010iX TV Tuner