new setup - dedicated ethernet adapter - read doc, but confused

[TwistOneUp]

hi,

i'm running ubuntu 64bit 9.04 workstation as a host, and xp pro sp2 as a guest.

i have two NIC's:

- one on the mobo, which i want setup as eth0 as the host NIC dedicated to ubuntu; and

- one pciex1, which i want setup as the vmware NIC dedicated to XP.

so i'm

trying to dedicate one NIC to ubuntu and one to XP. seems simple

enough.

ubuntu says i have eth0 and eth1_forVMwareOnly. i have connectivity on ubuntu for eth0 (192.168.200.150, no dhcp, static) and on eth1 (192.168.200.50, no dhcp, static).

ifconfig -a shows this:

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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:c0:a2:63:2c

inet addr:192.168.200.150 Bcast:192.168.200.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::21c:c0ff:fea2:632c/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:153757 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:113076 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:142888408 (142.8 MB) TX bytes:51253605 (51.2 MB)

Memory:d3300000-d3320000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:21:3b:fb:38

inet6 addr: fe80::21b:21ff:fe3b:fb38/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:21899 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:1850926 (1.8 MB) TX bytes:468 (468.0 B)

Memory:d3280000-d32a0000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:3942 (3.9 KB) TX bytes:3942 (3.9 KB)

pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5a:77:92:3a:5f:44

BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

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so i'm not seeing /dev/vmware0.

a quick `ls -lha /dev|grep vm` shows:

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root@Linux64:~# ls -lha /dev|grep vm

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 57 2009-07-31 19:25 vmci

crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 165 2009-07-31 19:25 vmmon

crw------- 1 root root 119, 0 2009-07-31 19:25 vmnet0

root@Linux64:~# ls -lha /dev/vmnet0

crw------- 1 root root 119, 0 2009-07-31 19:25 /dev/vmnet0

root@Linux64:~# ls -lha /dev/vmmon

crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 165 2009-07-31 19:25 /dev/vmmon

root@Linux64:~# ls -lha /dev/vmci

crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 57 2009-07-31 19:25 /dev/vmci

root@Linux64:~#

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from the XP guest side, the connection shows on XP as "network cable unplugged". when i disable/enable the connection, i get a popup on XP that reads something like, "/dev/vmnet0 is not responding/defined".

my question is, how do i "connect" the XP virtual ethernet adapter to the NIC with network address 00:1b:21:3b:fb:38? i renamed eth1_forVMwareOnly to vmnet0, but no dice. am i missing something?

i've tried to "RTFM", but the doc i have does not seem to address this.

if anyone could please help, i'd really appreciate it.

thanks!

TwistOneUp

[prakashraj]

Hi,

Seems eth1 has no IP address

Also post guest VM NIC interface settings and ipconfig details

Prakash

[TwistOneUp]

"Seems eth1 has no IP address"

-and-

"Also post guest VM NIC interface settings and ipconfig details"

eth1 has been defined (.50) and both it and eth0 (.150) are active.

XP sees the NIC as "VMware accelerated AMD PCnet adapter pci slot 33". i've set the NIC up on XP to use DHCP (which runs on our firewalls).

i continue to see " the bridged connection cannot be made ... /dev/vmware0 ...". sorry but can't cut-and-paste from it and i only see it once or twice and then it stops appearing (but the connection continues to appeaer in windows as, "network cable unplugged). i have no "/dev/vmware0" anywhere on my system, altho i have a /dev/vmnet.

/rant on

isn't there a "wizard" or a script somewhere to setup a box that dedicates a NIC to a guest windows XP system? i cant be the only person to have experienced this problem - isn't there a "repair" script anywhere?

/rant off

thanks for listening, and any advice would be appreciated.

TwistOneUp