How to get VMWare Server working with iWeb's "Usable secondary addresses"
iWeb sets up their servers with a primary IP on 1 network, then allocates a group of IP's
on a secondary network. The problem is if you want to use VMWare Server to virtualize,
it's not so easy to get bridging mode working.
I was able to get it working and here's what I did (linux):
Enable IP forwarding on your server:
Edit the appropriate line in /etc/sysctl.conf like this:
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
You can enable it immediately for testing like this:
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
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Take a look at the other small network iWeb has allocated.. eg. 100.100.100.100-105/ 255.255.255.248
Bind the 1st IP to the host. Edit your corresponding /etc/network/interfaces file (ubuntu) to create the ethernet alias.
We're going to use that IP as the gateway for this small network and the linux host will route/forward between the 2 networks.
At this point you can use the other IP's in the network in VMWare with the 1st IP as the gateway.
I just tested this out by copying a 656MB ISO image to test the speed out, and I was able to copy the file over in 1 minute (10MB/s).
So there appear to be no performance issues related to this configuration.
Any other suggested solutions would also be appreciated.
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ANy idea how I can get this working on a windows 2003 server box?
Sorry.. I saw your post on Iweb forum aswell, but windows and vmware are not my specialty. Good luck.
"We're going to use that IP as the gateway for this small network and the linux host will route/forward between the 2 networks."
Would you know how to do this in CentOs? /etc/network/interfaces is nowhere to be found... (I'm newbie on setting up such gateway).
Thanks much.
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