Hi Steven, The PC is behind a NAT firewall/router, so this is not a real issue for the moment. It is online 24/7 for allmost 2 years now without any major problem. It hosts my Home Automation engine and it must remain powered on full time.
I do not intend to install X just for VMWare. Thanks, Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Critchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:12 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare > On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 14:26, Dan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The reason I ask this is because I have a Win2K PC running 24/7 which has > > enough power left, but if I cannot use any of the Digium hardware from > > inside VMWare then is useless. > > You can not have a win2k PC running 24/7 without being highly vulnerable > to exploits. I won't even get into the even after patched it is still > vulnerable argument. You would be better off running win2k under vmware, > but then you would have to have X ontop of your phone system and that > isn't good either. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary Gapinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 9:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and VMWare > > > > > > > On Monday 07 July 2003 12:07, Dan wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > There is any experience using Asterisk with VMWare? > > > > I think about installing a virtual linux box over VMWare and then > > > > Asterisk over it. > > > > > > I use it with VMware, but Asterisk runs on the host OS, not in the VM. > > > > > > You should have no problem running Asterisk in a VM, but you would be > > > unable to use any Digium or similar hardware, as VMware does not expose > > > such devices to a VM. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users