On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:34:14 +0100, "Gordon"
<gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>Installed VirtualPC with Windows XP Pro on a Toshiba Satellite L40 using
>Vista Home Premium (yes I know MS says it's not supported but hey, it
>works!) that connects to the LAN via a Realtek 8187b wireless card. I've
>installed the XP driver for that device in XP but it doesn't "see" it and
>hence I can't access updates, or anything else.
>Is there something I've missed here?
VPC creates a virtual machine. All the hardware inside a virtual
machine is separate and different from that of the host. No VM will
have a wireless card. Your VM has an Intel 21140 NIC, regardless of
your host's actual card.
You can still access the internet via your wireless card, you would
select it from the Network settings for the VM. However, your network
must provide it with an IP and all the rest of the relevant
information. It's not a problem if you have a router on your home
network,but if your host is connecting directly to the Internet, you
may need to use the Shared Networking setting instead to connect to
the Internet.
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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.