Hi,

If you need advance networking with VMware Fusion, the preference menu doesn’t offer a lot of option to modify the default gateway, the subnet mask and so On.

Basically you have to understand some basic information.

By default when you add a new Custom Network, vmware will call it : vmnet2 or 3 or ..

The default gateway created by Fusion for your new network will be : network range and the network address it’s 2. the 1 it’s reserve for the option to connect your Host MAC on the network.

ex : 172.17.0.1 (MAC HOST) 172.17.0.2 (Default Gateway for your custom network).

But for my setup I needed to use the .1 as the default gateway !

Here’s the steps.

VMware Fusion : Preference : Network

Use the + sign to create a new one :

Critical if you want your VM goes on the internet :

• You need to check : Allow virtual machines on this network to connect to external networks (using NAT)
• *** DO NOT CHECK *** CONNECT THE HOST MAC TO THIS NETWORK
• Check the DHCP Subnet IP and specify your network parameters.

Now with this the basic is done. Let’s go to change the default gateway.

Open a text editor (I preferred Text Wrangler).

open the path : /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/vmnet2/nat.conf

WARNING *** vmnet2 or vmnet3 or vmnet4, the name should match the custom created in the previous steps.

In the beginning of the nat.conf file, adjust the default gateway address / netmask as you need.

# NAT gateway address
ip = 172.17.0.1
netmask = 255.255.0.0

Save the File.

Close / ReOpen Fusion and test.

FYI : I assumed, you modify your VM Network CARD  to be assigned to your new Custom Network!!!!!

If you did all good you can now ping your gateway address!!

J

Hi,

I have a surprise last day with Videotron Business Internet Link, they block some ports! You need to discuss with several level, because Videotron employees doesn’t seems to have the information or not all of them have the information.

I mean, you can block port on a residential account and I totally agree with that, but a business link, it’s not an option and also there’s no agreement you can sign with them to have those port unblock

This is the port Block and confirmed by a security engineer.

53 : DNS

55 : isi-gl

77 : rje-service-any

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445 : SMB

4444 : MS Blaster worm

Direct Access it’s a new way to simplify the access to the Corporate Network over the Internet. One of the main feature the connection establish over the 443 port but this required Windows 8 / 8.1 Enterprise offer only under Open Licence Agreement..

According to a lot of website and tutorials the installation of Direct (1 Nic, NAT, behind a firewall, no PKI) was straight forward. But with my deploy, I found pitfall and there’s one MIcrosoft Technet really cover up the Prerequisite.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831520.aspx

On my end, the key was to turn on the Firewall on each laptop / server (at least the Direct Access server).

Turn off the ISATAP by running in elevated command prompt.

netsh int ipv6 isatap set state disabled

You should run this, on the DC, the computer and the Direct Access.

The last point is to run on the DC : dnscmd /config /globalqueryblocklist wpad

After this, I was able to successfully connect.

To complete, the wizard and normally the default config (the only thing I suggest you adjust it’s the group (create a dedicated group for DA) and remove the checkbox for the Laptop only) after you should be good to Go.

Hi

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Run :
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This will uninstall all versions of Java. Very usefull.

Hi,

I come up with an issue after I converted a Windows 7 64 bits Machine. When I try to boot the VM I got a Blue Screen 0x0000007b

To fix this up :

Boot on the Windows 7 DVD

At the Language Selection, Shift-F10 this will open a command Prompt
Run Regedit.

Load the system hive from the Virtual Machine drive:
Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
File > Load Hive
Choose : c:\Windows\System32\config\system
For the Name type : bugIDE

Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/bugIDE/ControlSet1/Services/
Change the “Start” parameter value for this :

KEY = start Value
Aliide = 3
Amdide =3
Atapi = 0
Cmdide = 3
iaStorV = 3
intelide = 0
msahci = 3
pciide = 3
viaide = 3

File > Unload Hive.
Exit regedit.
Reboot the VM.

I took this procedure from several forum I try to recap, but at the end it works!