VMWare Workstation 6 and Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 LTS

So yesterday i just downloaded a copy of VMWare Workstation 6 Trial version because i just want to try out various Linux Distribution under my primary box which is a Windows XP machine. And as the first test, i just want to see how good VMWare 6 compatibility with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

First, i created the Ubuntu ISO (CD Image) that i received a year ago, since i prefer to use it that way and then continue installing it … and no problem so far … everything works great (of course because i saw Ubuntu on the VMWare compatibility list page) except for one thing … the Guest Computer (Ubuntu) can’t connect to the internet using the Host Computer

Of course if the Ubuntu machine can not connect to the internet that means there’s no point for me to use it. But instead of giving up i try to play around with the VMWare Virtual Network Settings. From using Bridge, NAT, and Host Only mode. Unfortunately none of them worked (i already reactivated the eth0 from Ubuntu for more than 20 times with no luck)

So i try to use the custom networking mode from VMWare, and set up a new Host Virtual Adapters as shown below

and then configure it to act as DHCP …. like below image

and then set up the NAT

As for the rest, i deactivate and then reactivate the eth0 from the Ubuntu Networking configuration and let it get the ip address automatically via DHCP and … done …

The next step would be testing if i can internet from Ubuntu installed on VMWare and … surprisingly it works :D … that means i can update my Ubuntu from the virtual machine (currently i have updated to use K7 SMP Kernel and works great) … and then configuring SMB

So the conclusion is … if you got similar problem like this … maybe you should try using manual method too (although VMWare manual says Bridge and NAT is / might be the easiest way to connect your Virtual Machine to Host Machine) :P

As an addition, i’ve tried using DSL (Damn Small Linux 3.3) on VMWare 6 and it works fine too (of course installed to local HDD instead of booting using DSL ISO’s)