ms virtual pc networking question

puertorico123

i am study for 70-290. i set-up my virtual lab. Server 2003 and WXP in my virtual pc, how to connecting both? thanks.

aordal

Set both of the VMs to use "Local Only" and then if your server is a DHCP server just set up a scope on the same subnet as the server. If you don't have a dhcp server yet then just assign them both a static IP from the same subnet and they'll talk to each other.

skrpune

thanks for the info aordal - I'm also going to be studying for 290 shortly (just ordered my book and waiting for it to arrive), and so this info will come in very handy in the very near future.

pyroflames

aordal wrote:

Set both of the VMs to use "Local Only" and then if your server is a DHCP server just set up a scope on the same subnet as the server. If you don't have a dhcp server yet then just assign them both a static IP from the same subnet and they'll talk to each other.

I was pulling my hair out about that! so i put an old computer together as my server I prefer it to be honest because you can play with raids on can feel the speed of server 2003. And it doesnt slow down the host computer.

HeroPsycho

pyroflames wrote:

aordal wrote:

Set both of the VMs to use "Local Only" and then if your server is a DHCP server just set up a scope on the same subnet as the server. If you don't have a dhcp server yet then just assign them both a static IP from the same subnet and they'll talk to each other.

I was pulling my hair out about that! so i put an old computer together as my server I prefer it to be honest because you can play with raids on can feel the speed of server 2003. And it doesnt slow down the host computer.

There's no better or worse way depending on what you're doing, but I will say for learning the OS, a virtual lab allows you to easily repeat exercises or blow stuff up with no consequences via snapshots, etc. Plus, I can create bunches of VM's for different scenarios quickly and easily.

With quadcore CPU's approaching $100 and 8GB of RAM that can be had for at times even under $50, you can build a computer specifically to be a virtualization host for not a lot of money. Even desktop class procs that are current gen with virtualization optimizations and multiple cores can perform very well with virtual machines if done right.