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June 25th, 2007, 11:27 PM
#1
VMware a nice choice?
I was thinking of using VMware to learn the OSes' interaction over LAN. Is that a good idea? What drawbacks could I face? Can I use this to test the firewall applications and a testing platform? My machine is ABLE to run two OSes at a time.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
- Albert Einstein
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June 26th, 2007, 04:56 AM
#2
I use VMWare all the time for tests. Having two machines is better is some ways, by VMWare can be a quick and easy way to set up a lab in a box.
Sorry to link whore:
http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=s...b-on-the-cheap
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June 26th, 2007, 11:08 AM
#3
Junior Member
I have problem connecting my wmware OS's to LAN.
I'm running XP and I have wmware on it.
There are 3 OS's on wmware (workstation 2000, 2003 server and backtrack2). They are connected with Bridged: Connected directly to physical network. All 3 OS's are in same network team called SecurityLab.
Than when I run Look@LAN on my host XP, it doesn't find nothing alse than this host XP. And if I try findsmb or netdiscover on BT2, there is the same problem, it can't find any other OS.
Do you perhaps know how to fix this ?
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June 26th, 2007, 01:03 PM
#4
Can the VMs ping out? It sounds like it's not enumerating the vswitch. What about using NMAP to ping the address range of the VMs?
And Jockey, I highly recommend VMware (albeit I'm biased ) Workstation 6 and Server are both good options. Workstation tends to be more flexible when it comes to a variety of hardware and is designed for development and testing. Server is the lower-end enterprise model (and free!)
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June 26th, 2007, 01:52 PM
#5
Thanks to Irongeek and MsMittens for your replies.
@R3fug33 : Well, have you checked the activity of a (suspctedly active) firewall? A firewall might be stopping it all. I think your HOST Windows might be blocking them!?? Well, thats just a thought. I faced the same problem when I accidently disallowed the connection between VMs when the firewall pop up came in. I had to remove the block permissions manually to get the thing working. Hope that works for you too.
By the way, I do not have money good enough to run the new VMware. The older version (5.5.4) was what I got from one of my friends. Well, I am not a professional tester.... just a learner. So can I start away with the VMware server or should I spend money on the Vmware Workstation itself?
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
- Albert Einstein
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June 26th, 2007, 01:56 PM
#6
I'd say start with VMWare server, but if it is too much for your box use VMWare player and 3rd party tools to make your VMs
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June 26th, 2007, 03:11 PM
#7
Junior Member
Virtual Iron?
@jockey0109 Check out Virtual Iron. If you have to purchase software it is quite a bit cheaper than VMware Workstation.
@R3fug33 I think the last time I had multiple guest machines tied to a single VMware host I used NAT instead of bridged. I solved this kind of issue by picking up a Quad NIC and binding each guest to a physical port on the nic.
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June 26th, 2007, 03:28 PM
#8
@jockey0109 Check out Virtual Iron. If you have to purchase software it is quite a bit cheaper than VMware Workstation.
Ok I think I will do.
Last edited by jockey0109; October 14th, 2007 at 07:37 PM.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
- Albert Einstein
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June 26th, 2007, 04:00 PM
#9
wow....
anyways vmware server is free maybe that would work.
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June 27th, 2007, 10:39 PM
#10
Junior Member
O.K. now I fixed it. Now is running fine
Thanks for help.
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