XP guest network setup

[gian]

hello All,

I am running an XP Pro guest under Linux Ubuntu Karmic, VB is v3.0.12.

Everything works fine, but I just realized that the guest is on a different network i.e.:

host 192.168.1.51 gateway 192.168.1.1
guest 10.0.2.15 gateway 10.0.2.2 dhcp server 10.0.2.2 dns server 192.168.1.1

I need to be on the same network to access, from the guest, a PABX that is at 192.168.1.100.

Is there a work around?

thanks for your time,
-Gian

[MarkCranness]

Do you need to be on the same network? What happens if you try and access 192.168.1.100 from the guest?

If that doesn't work, then likely you need to change your VM virtual network card to use 'Bridged networking'.
With Bridged networking, the VM acts like a real machine on your lan and gets it IP either from the DHCP on your lan, or set static.
See sections 3.7.7, 6 and 6.5 of the user manual.

[gian]

Mark,

thanks for your kind reply.

I can ping the PABX, from XP, but for some reasons my TAPI drivers cannot see it.

I know that it is a network address issue, because I had already discovered that from the other end of a vpn the TAPI drivers do not work.

Thanks for pointing me to the right direction, I will go and read the manual.

ciao,
-Gian