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VMware private internal network

I have 4 virtual machines, a client using windows 7 and 3 servers, one of which is a core server installation the other two are standard windows servers. I need to give all machines a static IP address from the range 192.168.0.0/24 and make sure they are all on a private internal network called intnet.

Can anyone give me general guidelines on how I would go about doing this?? As in how to actually set up a private internal network for these machines and then assign each VM to this network?? I am assuming that the network is created in the client windows 7 machine and then the servers are added to this network but i can't seem to find basic information on how to go about this on the net.

Any input appreciated.

Solution

  • VMWare already does all this for you.

    It creates:

    • Two internal subnets
    • a virtual IP address in the first subnet that is bridged to a real NIC of the host.
    • an IP address for each VM in the second subnet.
    • routing between the two subnets.

    There is a program called 'Manage virtual networks' that does what it says.