MS Virtual Server 2005 and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

[coventry999]

Hi

Scenario

1) Host - XP Laptop with internet connection using Sky Broadband Wireless Router Netgear DG834GT
2) MS Virtual Server 2005 - I have deployed an XP MS Virtual Server 2005 to act as a virtual machine


Problem
I am trying to share my Sky Broadband Wireless internet connection which works on the host with the virtual server using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and MS Loopback Adapter, however I get a page cannot be displayed error on the virtual machine

Host Detail
1) Host IP Config

Note I had to change the IP Address on the Router to 192.168.0.x to 192.168.1.x because the loopback adapter needs 192.168.0.x

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


Virtual Server Detail
1) Virtual Server IP

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

2) Internet Gateway Icon on virtual Server
I can see an Internet Gateway Icon - Wireless Network Connection on <Host Computer Name> which is connected

3) I have created a Virtual Network Adapter pointing to the Physical Loopback Adapter on the virtual server with the virtual DHCP server disabled

I can ping 192.168.0.1 from both the host and the virtual server, however I cannot access the internet from the virtual machine - I get a connecting to site 207.46.192.254 message in the bottom bar then a page cannot be displayed error. Internet access on host is working

I am relatively new to networking so have missed a vital trick somewhere - please can someone help me.

Thank you in advance

 

[linney]

Can you setup the Virtual Machine to connect through the Hosts Network Adapter?

Does the Host have "Virtual Machine Network Services" checked in the Host's Network Connection Properties? And does the Virtual Machine Guest have in its Settings for the Virtual Machine the Host machine's Network Adapter?

Then make sure the Properties for the TCP/IP of the Guest are correct for LAN and Internet access.

That is all I do to get a Virtual Machine to share a connection with the Host and to access the LAN or Internet.

I have not used Virtual Server, so maybe that is different, but I wonder whether you need to worry about Loopback and ICS?