Cannot bridge networks on FC2/VPC, yet NAT(Shared) works fine
 

Hi, I'm using Virtual PC in the following configuration:
- Host: XP, SP2
- Guest: Fedora Core 2 (final)
- Network: Centrino wireless

I installed FC2 and have it working great when VPC networking is set to "Shared Networking (NAT)". This means I can run Mozilla and other internet applications and connect to the outside internet via my host's wireless network connection.

However, I would like to develop and test a Linux server application, and thus I need the host to contact the guest, and I'm given to believe that this is not possible with VPC in NAT mode.

Thus I would like to use the bridged mode ("Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection") such that the guest will get its own IP address, but I can't get it to work:

- When I select it as Network 1, without changing anything in the FC2 Guest install, then it fails to activate eth0 on startup.

- When I select it as Network 2, leaving Network 1 in "Shared Network (NAT)" mode, and then create a device for eth1 in the FC2 Guest install, eth0 works fine, but eth1 cannot activate (specifically, it reports "Determining IP information for eth1... failed.")

Any ideas?

-david

Incidentally, here is a copy of the output from /sbin/ifconfig:

[dbarrett@localhost dbarrett]$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:FF:22:AF:A4
inet addr:192.168.131.67 Bcast:192.168.131.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2865 (2.7 Kb) TX bytes:2603 (2.5 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe880

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:FF:25:AF:A4
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:96 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:15694 (15.3 Kb) TX bytes:8208 (8.0 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8495 (8.2 Kb) TX bytes:8495 (8.2 Kb)

[dbarrett@localhost dbarrett]$
[dbarrett@localhost dbarrett]$

And I'm posting this from the virtual machine itself, as proof I can access the Internet with these settings! :)

-david