Re: Using VPC (SUSE Linux) as Server connecting from Host MAC. Possible?

From: Steve Jain (essjae-No_at_Spam-hotmail.com)
Date: 01/11/05


Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:58:16 -0800

On 11 Jan 2005 02:19:09 -0800, "macbandit" <s.dunn@seh.de> wrote:

>
>I am using a Red Hat 9 as a DHCP/DNS Server which my Windows Clients
>then connect to, all under VPC 7.0.1. The only settings to worry about
>are Virtual Networking so that the guest systems use a fixed IP
>Address. The host MAC can not connect to the to the VPC server and as
>far as I'm aware this is definitely not possible. I am using a PB12"
>with Mac OS 10.3.7

Sure the Mac can connect to a VM running in VPC. I've done it, posted
screen shots at my website and others have done it here as well.

Of course, you must have the necessary requirements for it to work.
Steve Jain, Virtual PC for Windows MVP
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