[PLUG-TALK] Setting vm IP address for 'Net access

[wes]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, wes wrote:
>
> >> gateway (192.168.55.4)
> > um, what?
>
>    That's the gateway on the linux LAN.
>

that's weird, but... ok.


> > can you ping 192.168.55.1? or 192.168.55.anything? from within the guest
> OS.
>
>    Have no idea how one does this in win7.
>

click Start, type "cmd" and press enter. then "ping 192.168.55.x"


> > alternatively, can you ping 192.168.55.50 from any other host on your
> > network?
>
>    Not until the guest OS recognizes it has a working network connection.
>

this is less straightforward than it may look.


>    The main network dialog shows no ipv4 connection; the details show the
> values for one.
>

I'd have to see it to understand what you're saying.

-wes
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