Adding Virtual PC 2007 to Host a Network

Question

I am using Virtual PC 2007 with Windows xp Pro as a Guest. Can I add Virtual PC to the network of the guest computer and the domain of the guest computer? I have enabled NAT shared network, but this only allows Internet access for the guest. Thanks

Answer 1

This should not be a problem when adding a guest to host the physical adapter:

In the settings of your virtual machine, go to the "Network" section, and instead of "Shared network connection (NAT)", select the network adapter connected to your host network (for example, "Realtek RTL8116 Gigabit Ethernet" or something else that your network adapter ; this is equivalent to VMWare bridge mode). Thus, the guest will be displayed as a real computer on your network and will work as a physical box on the network.

IIRC, MS VPC bypasses the Windows default firewall on the host, therefore only the guest firewall is used; for other FW products, you may need to include something like "permission packages not intended for this host."

Answer 2

Just to add to the above answer -

one.

Inside the LAN connection Properties - the VM network services driver was not installed without which the NIC option does not appear in the virtual computer network adapter configuration.

I reinstalled Virtual PC and Network Virtual Machine entry. A driver appeared .

2.

Another useful resource is

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/01/15/fixing-broken-virtual-networking.aspx

Answer 3

There should be no problem if you can connect to a domain controller from a virtual computer.

If you know the IP address of a domain controller, try adjusting it. Then try ping using the computer name to verify that the name resolution is working correctly. What happens when you join a domain using the control panel | System. Got an error message?

I did not use Virtual PC, but only a VMWare workstation on Linux, so I don’t know how network setup works on Virtual PC. On VMWare, you can choose between bridged and NAT networks for a virtual machine. I was able to configure Windows guest computers as members of a Windows domain using both types of network setup.