2 vpc and internet sharing

rodchar · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

hey all,
i have 2 vpcs. vpcA is set to local only. i have another vpcb that has 2 nic
cards ( one is set to local only and the other is set to the physical nic).

can someone please show me a way to get internet on vpcA from vpcB?

thanks,
rod.

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Steve Jain · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 835

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:46:07 -0800, rodchar
wrote:

>hey all,
>i have 2 vpcs. vpcA is set to local only. i have another vpcb that has 2 nic
>cards ( one is set to local only and the other is set to the physical nic).
>
>can someone please show me a way to get internet on vpcA from vpcB?
>
>thanks,
>rod.

It depends on the OSes you have installed. If you have client OSes,
like XP,you can use ICS (internet connection sharing).

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

rodchar · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

which nic on vpcB do i enable it on, local only or the physical nic?

"Steve Jain" wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:46:07 -0800, rodchar
> wrote:
>
> >hey all,
> >i have 2 vpcs. vpcA is set to local only. i have another vpcb that has 2 nic
> >cards ( one is set to local only and the other is set to the physical nic).
> >
> >can someone please show me a way to get internet on vpcA from vpcB?
> >
> >thanks,
> >rod.
>
> It depends on the OSes you have installed. If you have client OSes,
> like XP,you can use ICS (internet connection sharing).
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.
>

Steve Jain · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 835

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:22:05 -0800, rodchar
wrote:

>which nic on vpcB do i enable it on, local only or the physical nic?
>

You'll need to use both NICs, one will connect to vpcA and the other
the Internet. There should be a configuration wizard that pops up to
help you along.

One issue you might run into is IP addressing. IIRC, ICS changes the
IP address on the ICS host.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

Bill Grant · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 1094

"Steve Jain" wrote in message @4ax.com...
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:22:05 -0800, rodchar
> wrote:
>
>>which nic on vpcB do i enable it on, local only or the physical nic?
>>
>
> You'll need to use both NICs, one will connect to vpcA and the other
> the Internet. There should be a configuration wizard that pops up to
> help you along.
>
> One issue you might run into is IP addressing. IIRC, ICS changes the
> IP address on the ICS host.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.

I am surprised that we haven't heard from Mark Rae! As Mark would (quite
rightly) say, the fact that they are virtual machines makes no difference.
How do you share an Internet connection to a second machine?

The only difference with vms is that you do not have to install a second
physical NIC in the host and add a cable between that and the guest. You use
a virtual network instead.