Hello,
I have VMWare player 3.1.4, and an XP SP3 virtual machine in a Windows 7 home premium host, And I have a modem that only works with XP, so I can access the internet only from XP. What I want is to share the internet from the guest (XP) to the host (Win7) so that I can use Win7 to access the internet !
Any help would be really really appreciated 
!
Thanks in advance.
I have a modem that only works with XP, so I can access the internet only from XP
The term "modem" is ambiguous it the context of your question as there are different types of modems and could be connected to the Guest in different manners, of which could change the directions on how to accomplish Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). So you need to be a bit more explicit and specific otherwise Google is your friend. 
With the Host and Guest both being Windows you can either use ICS or use a program like CCProxy however without the specifics of your configuration I'm not going to waste time covering all the possible scenarios.
Robert D. Petruska wrote:
Search the forums here for "transparent bridge" if I remember correctly.
I'll try to search for that, thanks for the help !
WoodyZ wrote:
I have a modem that only works with XP, so I can access the internet only from XP
The term "modem" is ambiguous it the context of your question as there are different types of modems and could be connected to the Guest in different manners, of which could change the directions on how to accomplish Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). So you need to be a bit more explicit and specific otherwise Google is your friend.
With the Host and Guest both being Windows you can either use ICS or use a program like CCProxy however without the specifics of your configuration I'm not going to waste time covering all the possible scenarios.
I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the details about my modem, It is a usb modem & to be exact it's an Axesstel AXW-D1900 ( a dial-up internet access).
I'm in desperate need for help so thanks a lot !
Now that I gave you the specifics of my configuration, I hope you'll be able to give a more specefic solution !
Thanks in advance !
WoodyZ wrote:
Okay, so when you want to connect to the Internet what do you? In other words do you have to run a specific application and input account name and password or is it automatic when you bring up a Browser, etc., etc? What do you have under Network Connections in Control Panel in Windows XP? (A screen shot in Details View might be helpful.)
Where I'm going with this is I want to see if there is a connection for the device in question that has the ability to enable ICS on it.
No, I use no application to access the internet, I've set up the connection with winXP, And yes this device enables ICS (I have tried sharing it with two PCs (XP & Win7) ), here are some screenshots...
Thanks in advance !
I think you missed the point I was trying to make and that is if you use Ethernet you do not need drivers and you can connect directly to the Host for Internet Connectivity as the Modem is capable of maintaining the user Account and Password and doing the handshake to make the connection and then the Virtual Machine can be configured to use NAT and it too will have Internet Connectivity.
Have you read the User Manual?
I understand exactly what do you mean, and I have read the manual, the thing is I can't access the web based modem's configuration (at 192.168.0.1), so I can't configure the modem or access the internet with it without using it's driver !
I hope I made myself clear...
So I think the last hope is using a program like CCProxy ? but as I've understood from it's manual, it requires the local network to be set correctly, and I have a problem with that 
I'm sorry if I took a lot of your time, am not really good with networking ...