Topic: Can't acess internet simultaneously in two SME servers running in VMware server

[ruipedroca]

Hi,

I've set up a linux server with VMware Server 1.0.6 and then created two virtual "SME Server 7.3" servers.
Everything works great, the problem is that i can only access internet with on virtual SME Server at a time, i.e., i can't access internet simultaneously in the two servers (and of course they've got different ip addresses).
I've set each virtual server to bridged ethernet (connected physically to the hosts network).

I know maybe i should post this in the VMware forum, but i'm sure that many users here are running more than one virtual SME Server simultaneously and i'd like to have an opinion from other virtual SME Server admins.

Regards

[ruipedroca]

Hi,

After some days of searching and tests, as usually the solution is simple:
In the VMware Server, just remove the network adapter from one of the machines and then just add a new network adapter.

Then, configure the network (ip address, gateway, dns), because de new network adapter comes unconfigurated, restart it, and that's it, now the two virtual machines can work simultaneously with internet access. To add a third or fourth machine, just repeat the procedure.

Like i sensed, this was not a SME Server issue but rather one related with VMware Server.

The cause of this problem is simple:
I've created a base installation of a virtual machine with some definitions and programs i like, so when i need a new virtual machine i just make a copy of that base installation and start from there. Because the two virtual machines are equals, some network issues arise, i believe, related with the mac address.
So, applying the solution above does the trick.


Regards