ok we have to setup 3 computers with windows 2003 server as domain controlers due to shortage of computers we need to have one in vmware running on a host ( the host will also be a domain controler ) the problem is when we use bridged networking the domain controlers on the same computer end up not working and not seeing each other. is there a way they can work with bridged connections ?
or is there a way to setup host-only network and route on the host box between the networks ( routing between the vmnet2 <> and ethernet networks so they can see each other ) for an example the teachers box 10.0.0.250/24 the router is 10.0.0.1 the student box for there main/host/real ethernet card is 10.0.0.(3) (moniter number) the vmware host only should have 2 networks (nics) each student 10..(3).0/24 {nic number 1 or 2} (moniter number) this should give each student a different network. the trick is to route on the host so the teachers box can communicate with the bottom end machine , would static routes need to be added on the host's for this to work ? ( lan routing will be enabled on the host boxes.)
the student machines will be running vm-ware server 1.4 are pentuim4 machines with 768 mb ram, all machines have on-board intel network cards.
networking information ( added ) ( all networks are class C )
teachers box - 10.0.0.217 gw-10.0.0.1 on same network as all student boxes host machines - server 2003 contoso217.com
host box - student computer ethernet / lan 10.0.0.(3) (this will be moniter number on students computer) , there will be 2 other network cards for the host only networking to the virtual machine lets say vnet2/nic1 10.1.(3).1 and vnet3/nic2 10.2.(3).1 (this is again the moniter number making everyone have a different network) this unit will be studentlastname.contoso217.com ( this box would have to route between the lan card and the vmnet/nics for this to work corectly) ( theres about 14 students about 16 computers ) from what i have read this can be done with routing yet im not making much progress.
vmware virtual machine ( running on the host box only one vmware machine will be running on each student boxes) this box will have the 2 vmnet interfaces from the host vnet/nic1 10.1.(3).2 and vnet3/nic2 10.2.(3).2 (moniter number again ) this unit will either be studentfirstname.studentlastname.contoso217.com or a backup server for the second.
Message was edited by: preludelinux - added more networking information