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3 Replies Last post: Nov 5, 2008 5:00 AM by Jackobli

Can you bridge two hosts to two different physical network interfaces

Nov 4, 2008 11:30 AM

jwstern 17 posts since
Jun 11, 2008

I have a VMWare Server 2.0 server that has two physical network cards that are connected to different netwrork segments. I want to be able to bridge one VM to one physical interface and then on another host I want to bridge it to my second physical interface. Is this possible?

Reply Re: Can you bridge two hosts to two different physical network interfaces Nov 4, 2008 12:50 PM

Jackobli 1,034 posts since
Aug 28, 2007

jwstern schrieb:
I have a VMWare Server 2.0 server that has two physical network cards that are connected to different netwrork segments.

So you are actually on the VMware Server 1 Community!

I want to be able to bridge one VM to one physical interface and then on another host I want to bridge it to my second physical interface. Is this possible?

I guess while setting up VMWare Server 2, you did already create the VNics for the two physical adapters (VMNet0, VMNet1, VMNet8 and Host only).
If not, you have to edit your configuration.

And yes, it is possible, it is working and it does make sense (eg. one Nic to the LAN, the other one to the DMZ or the Internet).

Reply Re: Can you bridge two hosts to two different physical network interfaces Nov 4, 2008 2:40 PM

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jwstern 17 posts since
Jun 11, 2008

>>I guess while setting up
VMWare Server 2, you did already create the VNics for the two physical
adapters (VMNet0, VMNet1, VMNet8 and Host only).

If not, you have to edit your configuration.

yes I have vmnet 0 - bridged to one NIC , vmnet2 - bridged to the other NIC...vmnet1 (host only),vmnet8 - bridged....when I try to configure the hosts virtual nic to vmnet2 ithangs trying to get an address..even though that physical nic is connected to a valid network. I turned Automatic Bridging off so that I can assign each physical nic to a virtual network.

On another note is there a way to assign a NAT to a particular physical nic?

What im trying to do is set up a PXE deployment and I dont want to interfere with my other network.

Reply Re: Can you bridge two hosts to two different physical network interfaces Nov 5, 2008 5:00 AM

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Jackobli 1,034 posts since
Aug 28, 2007

jwstern schrieb:
yes I have vmnet 0 - bridged to one NIC , vmnet2 - bridged to the other NIC...vmnet1 (host only),vmnet8 - bridged....when I try to configure the hosts virtual nic to vmnet2 ithangs trying to get an address..

Is there a dhcp - server serving this network? How about static adresses?

even though that physical nic is connected to a valid network. I turned Automatic Bridging off so that I can assign each physical nic to a virtual network.

So your host is windows. If 2003 have a look on disabling TOE and other offload problems.

On another note is there a way to assign a NAT to a particular physical nic?

That should be the task of NAT and the route, to find the correct path to the target network.

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