How can I network between these two VMs on VMWare workstation 8

Do you want them on the 'external network' that sees your workstation 8 host, or just local between the VMs? If local between just the VMs (and your desktop/laptop), you can choose 'host-only' on the VM's network adapters. The VMs won't be able to get to Internet, nor will any device external to your laptop/desktop will be able to see the VMs. Just make the VMs DHCP. Workstation 8 has a built-in DHCP in it that disperses IPs to your VMs.

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You can change the NIC settings on the HOST from NAT to BRIDGED and it will pick up whatever your DHCP server is using for your host machine.
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Sorry, having difficulties with new EEv10!

Either setup the network interface in the VMs to

(some pictures to help you visualize, what each mode is!)

1. NAT MODE


2. HOST-ONLY MODE


3. BRIDGED MODE

Thank you all

I am trying to connect just local between the VMs.
so that i can practice NFS , NIS  and all  having one client & other as server .
when i try BRIDGED mode i am able to connect between the machine. I am running this machine on text only mode when i ping www.ibm.com  it is not pinging so i believe that it is not seeing external site is that right?

can you ping 158.152.1.222?   yes


if using bridged mode, are you using the same IP network as the host or using DHCP?
I am doing ifconfig -a(Attached image) and taking IPaddres BIG SORRY! i am not sure where to check for DHCP IP address.


do you have a default gateway specified?
How to find this  SORRY to make you take networking class!

can you resolve domain names e.g. www.ibm.com 
When i ping www.ibm.com the 100% data loss is that mean so it is not resolving! is that right !

pardon me  & thank you for your help.
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okay if you can ping 158.152.122, this is an internet address.

so.

1. internet is okay
2. default gateway is okay
3. ip address are okay
4. routing is okay
5. its possible DNS servers are not set.

You need to configure DNS servers on your Centos Servers.

usually this could be your router IP address which is the same as your default gateway, dhcp server, or DNS servers for your ISP.

But networking between VMs should be working okay.

You just have no DNS resolution for internet.

you may need to edit the /etc/resolv.conf

and add your DNS nameservers

see here



http://www.techiecorner.com/123/how-to-add-primary-and-secondary-dns-server-etcresolveconf-linux/

1. internet is okay

which mean i can install new software using yum

yum install some-utils some-utils-lib   Right?



Thank you very much for your help (Honestly I mean it). Oramcle

well internet connectivity is okay.

but you need to ADD DNS servers you can resolve domain names yum will likely fail.

see the above to add your name servers.

how can i find my Primary and Secondary Domain Name server?


is that some thing from my internet provider details?

these should be available from your ISP, you should see them in your router configuration, and if you use DHCP on your router, DHCP clients may list these IP addresses.

Thank you

The best