Folks,
Hello. I am using VMPlayer 3.
Host OS: Windows 7
Guest OS:Windows XP and Oracle Linux 5
I need to set up the network and enable Windows XP communicate with Oracle Linux 5.
I follow this tutorial http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_devices_serial_2vms.html to configure 2 VMs in Windows 7 Host machine.
I have tried to test 2 VMs in the way as below:
In Linux, [user@localhost ~]$ping WindowsXP_HostName
Its output: unknown host WindowsXP_HostName
In Windows XP Command Prompt:
C:\ping localhost.localdomain
Its output: pinging localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data...
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=2ms, TTL=128
It replies a few times and then disconnected by itself. It seems that Windows XP is pinging itself and not Linux Server. The hostname of Linux Server is "localhost.localdomain" as well. It's a kind of confusing to me.
From the above infromation, we can see 2 VMs cannot connect with each other.
Can any folk provide a tutorial or example or case study to configure VMPlayer 3 to enable 2 VMs communicate with each other step by step ?
Very grateful in advance.