Help me to connect with Internet from inside VmWare virtualized Fedora4

applegrew · #1 1st October 2006, 08:54 AM

I too have problems connecting to internet from my Fedora 4 OS which I run under VMware virtualization system (which itself is running under Windows XP). Scanned this forum for solution but they went over my head; so to say the least I am a newbie in Linux networking.

I have configured my virtual Ethernet card (in Linux) to have a static IP and so I have also done with my actual Ethernet card in windows. when I ping either IPs from either OSs, the ping is successful. I have also set the windows IP as the gateway. Also I have also shared my internet connection (in windows) with the Ethernet card which is pingable from Linux.

Now how do I share files in this LAN between windows & Linux? How can I access internet from Linux?

If u r wondering, then; I have installed Linux for educational purpose on my laptop and I didn't want to mess with my laptop's partitioning, otherwise later I may not be able to use my System restore CD. (As has happened with my friend).

Seve · #2 1st October 2006, 08:58 AM

Hello:
If you open up a terminal
can you successfully ping google ?
ping google.com

Seve

applegrew · #3 1st October 2006, 09:02 AM

No I "get unknow host google.com" immediately. It even doesn't look like it is trying to look for that. Well I must mention no DSN servers have been mentioned in my Network configuration.

Seve · #4 1st October 2006, 09:10 AM

Hello:
Are you connected to a router then to the internet?
If so, can you successfully ping your router?

Seve

applegrew · #5 1st October 2006, 09:21 AM

Yes I am connected via a router, but don't know how to get its IP. My connection status showas two ips server and client. I tried pinging the server one but it failed but the client one is pingable. (The client one is the IP which the internet sees i presume).

BTW I must mention I have an ADSL line and I can sucessfully use torrent here which means I don't have the 'NAT problem' which all torrent users behind routers talk about.

Seve · #6 1st October 2006, 09:26 AM

Hello:
What make of router do you have?
Go to the web-site and find out what the ip adrress of the router is?
Likely 192.168.0.XX for example
Then try and ping the router and see if it is successful.
Seve

applegrew · #7 1st October 2006, 10:06 AM

Well I had it misconfigured. Now I have set correct ip addresses. Now I can ping my windows IP and also the router but I can't still access the internet.

Seve · #8 1st October 2006, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by applegrew

Well I had it misconfigured. Now I have set correct ip addresses. Now I can ping my windows IP and also the router but I can't still access the internet.

Hello:
Can you successfully ping google.com now?
Or are you just blocked from the internet using Firefox?

Seve

applegrew · #9 1st October 2006, 10:18 AM

pinging google.com still returns 'unknown host'. I tried nslookup google.com but it didn't find any server.

Seve · #10 1st October 2006, 10:22 AM

Hello:
If you can successfully ping your router and not be able to ping google.com then something in your router's configuration is blocking the IP address assigned to your FC installation.
So, you need to run the setup of your router again or somehow re-visit the routers settings to allow your FC installation access.

Seve

applegrew · #11 1st October 2006, 10:38 AM

Hello,
I have found such a setting in my router which blocks specific IP range. I had set some IP manually before. Now I have set it to get IP automatically. (The router has DHCP). But I still can't ping google.com. How will I know my current IP address.

applegrew · #12 1st October 2006, 10:41 AM

Another thing. The filters are probably disabled.

Seve · #13 1st October 2006, 10:46 AM

Hello:
You should open a terminal and log in as root using
su -
yourpassword
and type
system-config-network
and make sure that the DHCP settings are selected to obtain DNS info from provider.
If you want to know about your IP address then in the same open terminal logged in as root type
ifconfig

Seve

applegrew · #14 1st October 2006, 10:53 AM

Hello,

can u please elaborate whom do u mean by 'provider' ? I assumed it to be the router itself hence I set primary dns as my router's address. (The router has DNS) Anyway it isn't working yet.

Seve · #15 1st October 2006, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by applegrew

Hello,

can u please elaborate whom do u mean by 'provider' ? I assumed it to be the router itself hence I set primary dns as my router's address. (The router has DNS) Anyway it isn't working yet.

Hello:
Yes, your router provides the DNS service for all PC's connected to it.
When you open a terminal and type system-config-network
and log in as root
you will see a Network Configuration window
click on the Edit Button and you will see the option as described above.

Seve