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Hello,
I have a network configuration question... Current situation: laptop and usb 3G modem.
The 3G modem has issues with Windows 7, so I have a linux distribution in VMWare that is compatible with it and that acts as gateway: it is also dhcp server on the virtual network (vmnet8, I disabled the vmware dhcp service, virtual networkadapter is configured as NAT).
I would now like to add a pc with 2 network cards and a wireless non-3G router and connect the 3G modem to the pc (so I'll just use the same virtual machine), but then would like to share the network via my router.
I'm guessing I can reconfigure the virtual machine to use a physical adapter (is this the case when I configure the virtual networkadapter as "bridged"?) and connect that one to the internet port of the router. I could then connect the second network adapter to a downstream port on the router, and also connect the laptop to the router (wired or wifi).
Would this situation work?
There would be a double NAT, but I had that in the past without problems.
Thanks!
Jörg
I have a network configuration question... Current situation: laptop and usb 3G modem.
The 3G modem has issues with Windows 7, so I have a linux distribution in VMWare that is compatible with it and that acts as gateway: it is also dhcp server on the virtual network (vmnet8, I disabled the vmware dhcp service, virtual networkadapter is configured as NAT).
I would now like to add a pc with 2 network cards and a wireless non-3G router and connect the 3G modem to the pc (so I'll just use the same virtual machine), but then would like to share the network via my router.
I'm guessing I can reconfigure the virtual machine to use a physical adapter (is this the case when I configure the virtual networkadapter as "bridged"?) and connect that one to the internet port of the router. I could then connect the second network adapter to a downstream port on the router, and also connect the laptop to the router (wired or wifi).
Would this situation work?
There would be a double NAT, but I had that in the past without problems.
Thanks!
Jörg