Professor Frink Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I don't have much experience with virtual machines, but I will be needing to use them soon. My concern has to do with networking. Our corporate LAN uses MAC filtering to lock down each port. The one time I tried VirtualPC it caused a port lock because VirtualPC created a new, virtual MAC address that caused a conflict. BTW -- The MAC filtering is not under my control. I know my two main choices are VirtualPC and VMWare. Does one or both of them have a setting that will keep it from screwing up the MAC address, so the MAC within the virtual environment stays the same? I can't even start experimenting until I get this part straightened out.Oh yeah, we also use static IP addresses, so the virtual environment must use the same IP info that is on the real PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 With vmware you can set the mac address by hand in the config file, or you could even script it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Just use NAT mode for the network adapter in VMware. from the manualNetwork Address Translation (NAT)NAT configures a virtual machine to share the IP and MAC addresses of the host. The virtual machine and the host share a single network identity that is not visible outside the network. NAT can be useful when your network administrator allows you a single IP address or MAC address. If cannot give your virtual machine an IP address on the external network, you can use NAT to give your virtual machine access to the Internet or another TCP/IP network. NAT uses the host computer’s network connection. NAT works with Ethernet, DSL, and phone modems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 That's a way, if all your stuff can share the same IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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