Vista - VM IP Address

Maybe one of you guys can help me figure this out:

I have a VM that needs to have a fixed address and this VM exists on a host
server that has 2 Ethernet ports. 1 port is for the host server and the
other port is for the VMs. The host server has a fixed IP address and the VM
port has a DHCP address. I have given the VM a fixed IP address for the
Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Adaptor. IPConfig shows the right fixed IP
address. From the host server I can ping this VM fixed IP address. However,
from any other computer on the network, either real or virtual, this address
cannot be found.

So, my question is: is it possible for the VM to pass it's fixed IP address
out through the Ethernet port with the DHCP address? If so, how?

TOM

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"Tom Mason" <masonth@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6C2807BD-2893-47B1-9AFD-0F053E63ABBE@xxxxxxIf you really plan to use one NIC for the host and one for the vm, there
is no need for the NIC used by the vms to have an IP at all (in the host
network settings). You can clear all of the checkboxes in the TCP/IP
settings except VMNS. On the NIC dedicated to the host you can clear the
VMNS box.

Traffic going to a vm does not go via the host OS. The traffic is
separated at the network level by Virtual Machine Network Services working
with the driver software for the NIC. The vm has its own MAC address and its
own IP address.

If you need to contact the host through the network you use the IP of
the NIC which has no virtual network support. If you want to access the vm
you use the static IP which you have assigned to the vm.