Hi all,
Apologies if there is a simple answer to this which I've missed, but I've not stumbled upon anything yet.
I've got Vmware fusion 1.0 install, running Windows XP. My host OS is mac os x tiger. I have an ASUS USB wireless card, which only works in XP and which I have running in my guest OS - its up and running correctly.
I'd like to be able to share this ASUS network connection (kind of backwards) from the guest OS to the host OS if this is possible. This means my tiger install would route its network connection through vmware (which is a bit strange I guess):
eg: Mac os x Tiger network route -->Vmware XP Install --> ASUS wireless card --> Internet
This is kind of backwards to normal, which is guest to host routing.
Is this possible? I suspect it might be, with some clever routing.
I was wondering if anyone could give me some pointers?
Kind regards,
Scott
Here's some example network config on the two platforms:
VMWare Guest (XP install)
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ASUS 802.11b Netwrok Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-2F-03-CC-E2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.110
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.10.246.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:39:00 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:39:00 AM
Tiger - Mac (the host os):
Mackenzie:~ root# ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:1b:63:94:21:8d
media: autoselect status: inactive
supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> none
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
tunnel inet -->
inet 169.254.34.156 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:1b:63:c7:df:a6
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
vlan: 0 parent interface: <none>
bond interfaces: <none>
wlt1: flags=41<UP,RUNNING> mtu 1500
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr 00:1b:63:ff:fe:7b:cb:2a
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
vmnet8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
vmnet1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
