Vmware Internet Sharing

Internet sharing

After you have installed vmware in your system, you can see this:
NETWORK DEVICE

VMnet8: when you used NAT , VMware system(system installed in your VMware) used this device.

VMnet1: when you used HOST-ONLY, VMware system(system installed in your VMware) used this device.

Local Area Connection: This is your location network device. This device is required by VMware network device.

SERVICE RELATED TO VMware

DHCP Service: DHCP server, VMware system can get it’s IP address from this server, when VM system use dhcp not static way.

NAT Service: NAT server, VMware system can serve the outer network which local machine connected to.

Step 1:

Local machine setting:

Get VMnet8 information:

Step 2:

VMware setting:

·         Menu->edit->virtual Network setting

Note:

1 subnet IP : VMnet8 and this IP was belonged to the same network.

·         NAT setting information

 

Note: Gateway IP

Step 3:

Outer checking and setting:

1 set network device connect way:

Please select the NAT way.  My is bridged, please don’t follow me.

            VMware system setting:

1.      IP

First way:

If you have desktop, please use the network setting like windows to set your network.

Second way:

If you don’t have desktop, please configurate your network config file.

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

If you don’t know how to configurate your network, please set BOOTPROTO=dhcp, the system will help you!

DEVICE: device name

IPADDR: IP address

NETMASK: netmask

ONBOOT: this can be yes or no, if this value is yes, when you boot your system , network will start with your system, the value no is opposite.

GATEWAY: this must be set correct, thus your network will work wrong, This must be set we note before.

Third way:

When you are in terminal mode, enter setup, use text mode to set your network.

 

2.      DNS

/etc/resolv.conf

This file is used for dns.

3.      Status check

Ifconfig

Information:

            Inet addr: your ip address

            Mask: your netmask

            RUNNING: this specify that you ether is up.

            RX receive packet

            TX send packets

            Route:

           

            Your route map:

            If you setting is right , that ‘default 192.168.172.2 255.255.255.0 …’ appears.

How to check what’s wrong with you!

1 ping yourself(ping local ip address not 127.0.0.1)

If you can get right response, good luck you have set your ip address in right way.

2 ping your gateway

3 ping a Internet IP address

4 ping a domain name IE: