Vista - Network connection from virtual machine

Hi,

I've installed Virtual PC 2007 on Win XP host system, and I've created a
virtual machine with WIn 2008 Server standard. I'm trying to connect to
Internet from the guest OS but I can't. In the Settings menu for my virtual
machine, under Networking, there is a dropdown with the following values:

1. not connected
2. local only
3. Broadcom 440X.... (this is the physical network adapter on my host)
4. Shared Networking (NAT)

#1 and #2 won't work for Internet connection I believe, and I tried with #3
and #4 but I can't connect.

I went to Device Manager on my guest Win 2008 system and under Network
Adapter there was:

Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Emulated)

showing the following error:

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

Can you please advise what are the steps I need to follow to connect to
Internet from the virtual machine?




Thanks,

Peter

"PeterT" <PeterT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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First things first: how does your host connect to the Internet?


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Hi Mark,

I have DSL connection and a router. My host machine is connected with a
network cable to the router.



Thanks,

Peter


"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

"PeterT" <PeterT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, that's excellent! Makes things really simple.

1) Shut down the virtual machine.

2) In the VPC console, select the virtual machine (BUT DON'T START IT!) and
click Settings.

3) In the left-hand pane, select Networking.

4) In the right-hand pane, select your host's NIC (the Broadcom 440X) and
click OK.

5) Start the virtual machine. When it boots up, it should detect the new
virtual hardware - chances are, everything will just work straightaway.

If not, you may need to configure the virtual NIC manually so that it can
connect to your router i.e. set its default gateway etc...


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Hi Mark,

I've followed your instructions and when I started the vm again it showed
this message:

"
The network adapter with address "00:00:00:00:00:00" of virtual machine
"Win2008" failed to initialize because the address is a null address.
"

The OS didn't detect new hardware after I closed that message and of course
the Internet connection still doesn't work.

What does the error message mean and how do I fix it?



Thanks,

Peter



"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

"PeterT" <PeterT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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[please don't top-post]
Straight from the horse's mouth, as it were:
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy...17/354971.aspx


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

Thanks Mark,

I followed the advice in the articles, but it didn't work.

First I don't see the Broadcom 440X card in the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\<nnnn>\DriverDesc

Second there is no such entry at all:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VPCNetS2\

I'm even more confused than before now. Am I doing something wrong?



Thanks for all your help!

Peter



"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:55:01 -0800, PeterT
<PeterT@xxxxxx> wrote:On the Host go to the Connections poage.
Open the properties of the network card (Broadcom xxxx)
Look at the list on the General tab (this connection uses the
following items).
Find the line "Virtual Machine Network Services"
Make sure that the checkbox on this line is ON

If it is not then check it and OK out.

Without enabling VMNS for the NIC you cannot use the physical adapter.

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Bo Berglund (Sweden)

Thanks Bo,

The VMNS option was already enabled.
Any other suggestions?



Thanks,

Peter



"Bo Berglund" wrote:

PRE ..
CLICK THE NETWORK ADAPTER...USE THE RIGHT ALT KEY TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE WITH YOUR MOUSE IF IT DOES NOT LET YOU

1) Select Shared NAT
2) REBOOT.. Go in the virtual machine and click restart

Then open IE..and internet will work perfectly.

Otherwise you might needto manually create a NetworkAddress registry key..so it doesn't get a nonsense Mac address ..
For Dell computers, this would be an Intel Based Network Adapater..