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I am running two guests on my machine, one WS 2k3 the other XP.

I want the server to run as a domain controller/dhcp/dns server for the XP client.

My boss wants me to setup my Virtual guests with private ip addresses so the office computers dont pickup ip addresses from my "test" 2003 dhcp server.

What mode do i need to set my netwok card to...?
NAT
Host Interface
Internal network

What settings need to be configured to allow this? bridging, no bridging?

my goal is to have a client/server network configuration that would not interfere with the servers and computers in my office building but still be able to access the internet for updates.



P.S. I have already been able to set up both guests to access the internet using Host Interface Networking and bridging my physical NIC with the two virtual NICs. doing it this way put me on the same subnet as my physical computer and allowed me to pull dhcp info off our server. but again. if im going to setup a lab with a dhcp server, i dont want them conflicting.

Set Internal Networking on both systems. If your company does not use a proxy server, you can use NAT on the Server VM and set it up as a router too. If your company does use a proxy server, you can set HIF for the Server, and set the DHCP to announce on one particular NIC.

Any setup will do, as long as you use Internal Networking for your DHCP settings.

Got it working with internal networking on both guests, then to get internet I added another card to each guest and set them up for NAT.