VMWare networking question

[TDT]

Hi guys,

I have a question about networking in vmware. On my host I have 2 internet sources, LAN and a 3G USB stick. Is it possible to use the LAN connection on the host and the 3G connection on the virtual machine? If so, how can I set up the vm?

Thank you. :)

[n_K]

Yes, (assuming you're using windows) go to network connections, click the 'advanced' menu and change your 3G connection to be the lowest (it should be anyway) then add the 3G network connection as dedicated to the VMware host under networking and you're good to go.

[TDT]

Yes, (assuming you're using windows) go to network connections, click the 'advanced' menu and change your 3G connection to be the lowest (it should be anyway) then add the 3G network connection as dedicated to the VMware host under networking and you're good to go.

And how does Windows (or Windows apps, like Chrome, or whatever) know how to use the LAN connection and not the 3G connection?

[The2]

And how does Windows (or Windows apps, like Chrome, or whatever) know how to use the LAN connection and not the 3G connection?

Add a new default route to the gateway IP on the LAN connection

[n_K]

You've set the TCP stack's priority to be lower for the 3G connection (it uses the connection with the lowest metric, ethernet is 10 by default, etc.) and if you understand cisco/linux networking basically changes the 0.0.0.0 address to the ethernet connection over the 3G connection.

Give it a try, you don't need to set up a VM to change the priority to the ethernet connection.

[TDT]

You've set the TCP stack's priority to be lower for the 3G connection (it uses the connection with the lowest metric, ethernet is 10 by default, etc.) and if you understand cisco/linux networking basically changes the 0.0.0.0 address to the ethernet connection over the 3G connection.

Give it a try, you don't need to set up a VM to change the priority to the ethernet connection.

I don't want to set up a VM for this, I need a VM with a different IP than the host. :) That's why I need the host and the VM to use separate Internet connections.

[marc2003]

remove the virtual network adapter from the VMware config (or disable within the guest OS like you would do on a real machine). then add the usb device to it and the VM will have exclusive use.

[remixedcat]

remove the virtual network adapter from the VMware config (or disable within the guest OS like you would do on a real machine). then add the usb device to it and the VM will have exclusive use.

this... vmware has full USB support. it should detect the 3g device and install that and use it's own networking.