unable to connect to internet

[navvith]

Hi,

I am new to Linux. I have installed RHEL 4 on vmware. I want to configure my linux to internet. please let me know the detailed steps that i need to follow and configure.

I have DHCP on windows. i have confusion, what is the ip address i need to add, which i see on windows or which i see when i run ifconfig?

Thanks,
Naveen

[Rubberman]

Please contact VMware for information how to configure your VM for networking. Each VMM is different. My VirtualBox VMM has a number of networking options, including having the host provide DHCP addresses to the VM's it is hosting or passing the DHCP requests to the LAN, etc. VMware is much the same. Your RHEL/CentOS system will already have networking installed and enabled, but the virtual machine manager has to provide it with a "network" connection in the virtual machine it is running on.

[ranjitcool]

Well I am assuming the DHCP on windows is connected to the vmware esx host. In that case your host gets an DHCP ip assigned by windows and your redhat vm gets another ip provided its set to accept ips from the dhcp server.

if you can explain your network lay out I can be more clear about my answer

By default when you are creating a vm on the esx host, it is assigned to the vm network switch, so it should automatically get the dhcp ip.

If it did not I would check the ifcfg-eth0 file first

RJ

[navvith]

Well I am assuming the DHCP on windows is connected to the vmware esx host. In that case your host gets an DHCP ip assigned by windows and your redhat vm gets another ip provided its set to accept ips from the dhcp server.

if you can explain your network lay out I can be more clear about my answer

By default when you are creating a vm on the esx host, it is assigned to the vm network switch, so it should automatically get the dhcp ip.

If it did not I would check the ifcfg-eth0 file first

RJ

I m having Tata indicom broadband connection.

can you explain more briefly about the network layout, so that I could see how its setup on my home computer.

[ranjitcool]

before i explain i wud want u to tell me hwo u have all u r network connected, i know for sure the broadband conn will only assign u one (static or dynamic) ip.

RJ

[b2bwild]

Please contact VMware for information how to configure your VM for networking.

I don't think their support is free, even if you are using VMware server only support option is knowledge base.

navvith, If you are using Tata Indicom Broadband
You should have a router, then why you are having a DHCP server on Windows?, Or you mean your Windows have a IP assigned by DHCP?

Whatever the network setup is on your host os. it wont matter the networking in VM, there are 3 types on Vm networks.
Host-Only (Internal network)
NAT
Bridged
or No Network.

Host-Only networking will create a virtual network between your VM and Host Os, isolating from the external network, in this case you need to have routing between two networks on Host OS.

NAT, in NATing your VM will use the same same network device your Host OS is having. in this case your VM have a IP from completely different subnet or class. and there would be NATing between VM IP -> HOST IP -> Defualt Gateway(Tata Indicom Router)
(In this case you mostly have your internet working directly.)

The best to choose is Bridged Interface.
It will allow you VM network to completely Isolate from your Host ethernet device. VM will have its own IP and identity on your local subnet.
Only in this case you VM will listen to your local DHCP.
so whatever IP you provide(static or dynamic) to your VM should be in same subnet of your local network. and not as same as your Host IP.

[b2bwild]

Please contact VMware for information how to configure your VM for networking. Each VMM is different. My VirtualBox VMM has a number of networking options, including having the host provide DHCP addresses to the VM's it is hosting or passing the DHCP requests to the LAN, etc. VMware is much the same. Your RHEL/CentOS system will already have networking installed and enabled, but the virtual machine manager has to provide it with a "network" connection in the virtual machine it is running on.

I think thats the copy of 2nd post -_-"

[waterhead]

It was spam. I removed and banned the user and the spam posts.

[ranjitcool]

It was spam. I removed and banned the user and the spam posts.

?? was he spamming the forum..? i didnt see any ad key words though

[waterhead]

?? was he spamming the forum..? i didnt see any ad key words though

The spam was in the signature. There were spammy links.

They quickly made several posts. All were exact copies of someone else's post.