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--- howtos:admin:install_and_administer_a_virtual_machine_vm [2011/01/20 14:33]
chris.strashok
+++ howtos:admin:install_and_administer_a_virtual_machine_vm [2019/12/13 14:45]
deryn.crockett [Check Connectivity]
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 How to get it into nat mode:
   * Make the VMnet8 network connection configuration use DHCP to obtain addres
-  * Set the Devices/Network Adaptor on the VM to NAT
+  * Set the Devices/Network Adaptor on the VM to NAT in the "Settings" of the outer shell of the VM Player
   * In the networking of the VM setup the IP address to come from DHCP
   * Uncheck the "Automatically obtain DNS information from provider
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   * Use putty to connect to newName-ux and login as root
   * If you can't get that to work check the host name settings inside the VM networking
-  * If you still can't get it to work you can use the ip address of the machine which we recorded at the begining
+  * Add an entry for newName-ux and the corresponding ip address to the host machine's hosts file under (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc)
+    * To modify hosts file, you will need to run editor program as an administrator and hope the hosts file from inside that program
+  * If you still can't get it to work you can use the ip address of the machine which we recorded at the beginning
     * IP address is probably 192.168.80.200

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