Network Configuration

In order to use Linux effectively for my company's apps, I need to make sure that I am able to connect from my host (Windows Vista) to my guest OS (CentOS).

After several rounds of trying and researching via Google, I've finally got it working! :-)

1. Ensure that Windows firewall is turned off


2. Set network connection to Bridged



3. Find out your local IP settings on Windows


4. Set the network on guest OS to be on the same network as host IP






5. Make sure you can ping from host OS to guest OS:


6. Make sure you can ping the gateway from guest OS to host OS:


7. Test that you can connect to Internet from guest OS:


8. Renable Windows firewall and run the above tests again to make sure everything is working.