How to connect VMWare guest to host?

lucmove · 09-14-2010, 08:49 PM

I have VMWare on a notebook, guest Windows running on Linux host. The network in that virtual machine is configured as NAT. I want to share/transfer files from Linux (host) to Windows (guest). So I leave sshd always running on the notebook, I go into Windows and run an SSH/SFTP program.

My Wifi router has address 192.168.1.1, my desktop has address 192.168.1.2 and my notebook has address 192.168.1.3.

On the notebook, that SSH/SFTP program connects to 192.168.1.3 (i.e. the notebook itself) and everything works fine.

But it's a notebook, and when I leave home with it, 192.168.1.3 is no longer accessible. How can I let the guest OS connect to the host OS when I'm away from my Wifi network?

kbp · 09-14-2010, 11:32 PM

If you check the actual network config in the guest you should see that it is on a virtual network that will be different to 192.168.1.X, the host will have an address on that network and you'll be able to connect to that address. Run 'ifconfig -a' on the host and match up the network with the guests ip address

eg.

Code:

ifconfig -a on host gives:

eth0: 192.168.1.3
vmnet1: 192.168.12.1    \  <- one will be "host only" and
vmnet8: 192.168.45.1    /     one will be "NAT"

ipconfig /all on guest gives:
Local network connection: 192.168.12.5

Therefore you should be able to ssh to 192.168.12.1