On 12 Oct 2001, Joseph Dane wrote:
> >>>>> "Royce" == Royce Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Royce> Jeffrey... Have you tried connecting to DSL ~through~ vmware?
>
> I do this, sorta. there is a vmware networking option ('host only', I
> think it's called) whereby the host OS is given an interface on a
> private network (192.168.x.x). I masquerade the traffic from that
> network onto my DSL line. works great.
>
> There is another networking setup where you give the guest OS a real
> address. this would also probably work with DSL, as long as you had
> >1 address you could use.
You can also do it the other way: give your vmware machine two interfaces
and a real IP. Then give your debian machine a private subnet. NAT all
the traffic through the VMware machine.
Sounds stupid, but I once pulled this stunt to test an iptables firewall
running in the virtual machine.
Anyone wanting details can mail me since this is way off the topic.
-jwb
