On Thursday 16 August 2007, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, sorry if this is too basic or offtopic a question, > but i didnt see a debian-newbie list or anything. > > Im running Etch on an IBM ThinkPad T60. I need to run > a Windows application on it, so i installed VMWare > Server > following some detailed instructions i found on > HowToForge and then installed Windows into the virtual > machine. > > Things seemed to "work" fine but i cant seem to get > networking going. Im using a laptop so im on a > wireless > connection most of the time, but there wasnt anything > in the configuration menu about this. > > So now my guest Windows machine doesnt show any > networking devices in its control panel. How can i get > this machine to share the hosts' wireless connection? > I wasnt sure where to look in the docs as i dont > really understand networking :-) > > There are other things that dont work either--sound > isnt configured and unlike what it says in the VMWare > docs theres no easy option for configurating it. And i > have a dualcore machine but VMWare only let's me use > one processor. But theese arent to important, the app > i need to use from within Windows isnt very > challenging, its more out of curiousity. > > Thank you! Im really pleased with Debian so far. > > Jen
Jen, In the vmware configuration, you can select NAT networking, and that will grab a new IP address from your wireless connection, but only if it sees the device. If you go into your VMWare configuration dialog, under Hardware, do you see any wireless devices? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
