VMware & Intranet vs Internet
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Hello Mangolassi family. I'm trying to figure out how I can allow VMware to connect to the internet while existing on an offline computer. Is it a matter of just manipulating the ports on a router, making firewall adjustments or both? Have any of you IT gurus did anything like this before?
In advance, thank you for your time,
Wright IT! -
I think you need to rephrase.
If the computer is offline, then by definition, there is no internet access.
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Also, are you talking about the Host or the VM Guest. -
@JaredBusch said:
I think you need to rephrase.
If the computer is offline, then by definition, there is no internet access.
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Also, are you talking about the Host or the VM Guest.J I figured it out. I do apologize for not being a tad bit more specific. Nevertheless, I allowed my router to discriminate one computer with an IP filter. However, within VMware, I bridged my virtual adaptor with the actually adaptor of the host and now I'm able to keep the physical computer offline while still able to surf the net virtually. It's a win win world. It feels good to prove that your a lil smart about something. lol!
Thank you all the same Jared for reaching out! -
If you do not want your VMware host to reach the Internet or any other subnet, you could also not give it a default gateway thus blocking it from communicating over any router automatically.
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@Reid-Cooper said:
If you do not want your VMware host to reach the Internet or any other subnet, you could also not give it a default gateway thus blocking it from communicating over any router automatically.
It's the computer I didn't want to reach the internet. However, I wanted the VMware to be alble to. I've, since then, achieved that mission.
