Vista - RE: local only setting

10-18-2008

Quote:

> hey all,
> does the local only setting require the physical nic card to be connected?
>
> thanks,
> rodchar

Yes, but somehow the virtual machines should "see" a NIC connected on them. I mean, don't they need any drivers for these virtual NICs?

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10-18-2008

"Christos" <chrisvoulvoukelis@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>

Quote:

>> hey all,
>> does the local only setting require the physical nic card to be
>> connected?
>>
>> thanks,
>> rodchar

>
> Yes, but somehow the virtual machines should "see" a NIC connected on
> them. I mean, don't they need any drivers for these virtual NICs?
>
> Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business
> Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com

If a NIC in a vm is set to use Local Only it is in fact using a
virtual network, not a physical network. For that reason is does not matter
whether the host machine has a physical NIC card or not.

The vm has an emulated NIC and it certainly needs driver software in the
OS for this NIC. It uses the same driver whether it is connected to a
physical NIC or to Local Only. The difference is that, if it is connected to
a physical NIC, Virtual Machine Network Services works with the NIC driver
in the OS running on the host to transfer data to and from the physical
network.

10-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
Christos n/a posts	RE: local only setting Quote: > hey all, > does the local only setting require the physical nic card to be connected? > > thanks, > rodchar Yes, but somehow the virtual machines should "see" a NIC connected on them. I mean, don't they need any drivers for these virtual NICs? Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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10-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
Bill Grant n/a posts	Re: local only setting "Christos" <chrisvoulvoukelis@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3e31bb2d-ae2a-44ca-943b-67eea86ae753@xxxxxx Quote: > Quote: >> hey all, >> does the local only setting require the physical nic card to be >> connected? >> >> thanks, >> rodchar > > Yes, but somehow the virtual machines should "see" a NIC connected on > them. I mean, don't they need any drivers for these virtual NICs? > > Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business > Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com If a NIC in a vm is set to use Local Only it is in fact using a virtual network, not a physical network. For that reason is does not matter whether the host machine has a physical NIC card or not. The vm has an emulated NIC and it certainly needs driver software in the OS for this NIC. It uses the same driver whether it is connected to a physical NIC or to Local Only. The difference is that, if it is connected to a physical NIC, Virtual Machine Network Services works with the NIC driver in the OS running on the host to transfer data to and from the physical network.
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