Input Jam

I’m fiddling around with VMWare Player and VirtualBox VMs.  Naturally, I wanted to see if I could network between the two.  The following seems to work. (VB=VirtualBox; VW=VMWare)

• Create a TAP adapter (Adapter 1) via VB’s VirtualBox.exe running in the host.
• Attached to Host Interface
• Interface Name = VirtualBox Host Interface 1 (matching the device name created by TAP)
• Cable Connected
• In VW’s vmnetcfg.exe, create:
  • VMNet0(Bridged) = Bridget to VirtualBox TAP Adapter
  • VMNet1(Host-only) = Subnet 192.168.11.0; DHCP Start 128 and End 254
  • VMNet8(NAT) = Subnet 192.168.18.0; DHCP Start 128 and End 254; NAT gateway is 192.168.8.2
  • No “automatic bridging”
  • NAT tab says VMnet host = VMnet8
• In Windows Network Connections:
  • Ethernet-internal = DHCP
  • Cisco VPN (Not used)
  • Wireless Network Connection (Not used)
  • VMware Network Adapter VMnet1
    • Client for Microsoft Networks enabled; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks enabled; TCP/IP enabled with static IP 192.168.11.1 and no default gateway
  • VMware Network Adapter VMnet8
    • Client for Microsoft Networks enabled; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks enabled; TCP/IP enabled with static IP 192.168.18.1 and no default gateway
  • VirtualBox Host Interface 1
    • Client for Microsoft Networks enabled; VMWare Bridge Protocol enabled; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks enabled; TCP/IP enabled with static IP 192.168.0.1 and no default gateway
• Inside VB Windows 2000 client (Network and Dial-up Connections)
  • Host-only Connection 4 = Client for Microsoft Networks enabled; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks enabled; TCP/IP enabled with static IP 192.168.0.101 and default gateway 192.168.0.1
  • Local Area Connection 3 = disabled
• Inside VW Windows 2000 client
  • Ethernet1-VMNet0-Bridged = Client for Microsoft Networks enabled; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks enabled; TCP/IP enabled with static IP 192.168.0.10 and no default gateway
  • Ethernet2-VMNet8-NAT = Client for Microsoft Networks enabled; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks enabled; TCP/IP enabled with static IP 192.168.18.10 and default gateway 192.168.18.2 and DNS server 192.168.18.2
  • Ethernet3-VMNet1-HostOnly = Client for Microsoft Networks enabled; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks enabled; TCP/IP enabled with static IP 192.168.11.10 and no default gateway