Vmware has 3 ways of setting up the network for vms, which are you using? Kerry Mayes, Business Development Manager, Acclipse Limited. (Sent from "small device" so please excuse "small errors"!)
On 28/07/2010, at 11:17 AM, Alister Niall <alister_ni...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > How have you set up the virtual nics on the VMWare server? sounds like you > might want to look there unless IPcop is messing with it. > > cheers > > Alister > > --- On Tue, 7/27/10, Roger Searle <ro...@stepahead.org.nz> wrote: > > From: Roger Searle <ro...@stepahead.org.nz> > Subject: connecting to wrong remote desktop > To: "CLUG" <linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz> > Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 10:25 AM > > Hi, I have a puzzling situation with connecting to a remote desktop on a > local network. 3 (k)ubuntu boxes - mercury (lucid - a desktop machine), > jupiter (8.04.4 LTS) and neptune (a virtual machine under VMWare Server 2 > running on jupiter). > > Name resolution is via an IPCop box static lease and hosts entries. Boxes > can be pinged by name, I can ssh to them and confirm it's hostname, and that > mac address of the ethernet card and IP address match with what IPCop shows. > > Desktop sharing is turned on on both jupiter and neptune. > > Occasionally I need to view jupiter's desktop, from mercury all attempts to > establish a vnc connection via either KRDC or Remote Desktop Viewer, by name > or by IP address, give me neptune's desktop. > > My guess remains as it being some vmware weirdness, but I'm out of specific > ideas and my googling hasn't found anything useful beyond ssh, hostnames etc > as per the above, can anyone suggest steps to resolve this? > > Cheers, > Roger > > >
