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From: teafinger1986 on 12 Jan 2008 18:55 On Jan 12, 2:01 pm, "Bill Grant" <not.available(a)online> wrote: > The most likely cause is that the NIC driver on the host machine does not > like working with Virtual Machine Network Services. VMNS works with the NIC > driver on the host to provide networking to the guest OS. > > You could check to see if there is an updated XP driver for your NIC. > What you are trying to do should just work. It works fine on my machine. > (Dell Dimension with XP Pro SP2) > > To avoid the problem altogether you can install a Microsoft Network > Adapter in the host and use that as the basis for virtual networking. You > can then clear the checkbox for VMNS in the host machine's network > properties and it will not be used for virtual networking. The guest > machine's NIC links to the MLA, not the host's NIC. If you want to give the > guest machine Internet access you can install ICS on the host to share its > Internet connection. > > <teafinger1...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:10cc2e45-6d26-43d6-bf35-5deb951fec56(a)p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > > > > >I setup an XP Pro machine on which virtual pc is installed. Within > > virtual pc, I have installed Vista Premium. > > > My network connection works fine. > > > However, the moment I startup the virtual pc/vista premium OS, I lose > > my network connection and can not access the internet on either the XP > > or virtual vista pc. > > > The only way to restart the internet connection on the XP pc is by > > rebooting my terminal. The only time I lose my network connection is > > when I start virtual pc...otherwise my network/internet connection is > > fine. > > > How can I enable my internet connection on both the XP and Vista OS > > when I start virtual pc. I just downloaded virtual pc today(Microsoft > > Virtual PC 6.0.156.0)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Bill, before I start installing the additional software, I'd really like to see if I can get this going without having to do that. It's been a few years since I last used Virtual PC and at that time, it literally just ran out of the box, no issues whatsoever. Colin, regarding your questions, here are the answers. The host pc has the intel(R) Pro 100/1000 PL NIC. The host is connected via lan cable to a router which in turn is connected to the net. DHCP is enabled on the router. Wireless has been disabled on the host for now. I have not made any changes to any settings on the Virtual PC Console.
From: Bill Grant on 12 Jan 2008 22:47 > Bill, before I start installing the additional software, I'd really > like to see if I can get this going without having to do that. It's > been a few years since I last used Virtual PC and at that time, it > literally just ran out of the box, no issues whatsoever. If it was going to work out of the box, it would be working now. Does your host machine work OK if you clear the checkbox for Virtual Machine Network Services in the properties of the NIC in the host OS. This will show you if that is your problem. If that is your problem, the only way to fix it is to get an udpated driver for the NIC or leave it unchecked and use some other method to network your vm.
From: teafinger1986 on 13 Jan 2008 00:33 > If it was going to work out of the box, it would be working now. > Does your host machine work OK if you clear the checkbox for Virtual > Machine Network Services in the properties of the NIC in the host OS. This > will show you if that is your problem. I disabled the Virtual Machine Network Services in the NIC properties of the host OS by unchecking it. I then started up the guest Vista virtual pc. I then checked the host XP machine and can confirm that I still had network access.
From: teafinger1986 on 13 Jan 2008 18:47
On Jan 12, 9:33 pm, teafinger1...(a)gmail.com wrote: > > If it was going to work out of the box, it would be working now. > > Does your host machine work OK if you clear the checkbox for Virtual > > Machine Network Services in the properties of the NIC in the host OS. This > > will show you if that is your problem. > > I disabled the Virtual Machine Network Services in the NIC properties > of the host OS by unchecking it. I then started up the guest Vista > virtual pc. > > I then checked the host XP machine and can confirm that I still had > network access. I'm completely at a loss as to why networking didn't work with Virtual PC. I did download VMWare this weekend and it worked out of the box. |