Re: Connecting to Postgres under Linux in VMWare from WindowsXP!!! (fwd)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd Wollny [mailto:lutscher2002(at)t-online(dot)de]
> Sent: 20 December 2002 15:56
> To: Dave Page
> Subject: RE: [pgadmin-support] Connecting to Postgres under
> Linux in VMWare from WindowsXP!!! (fwd)
>
> Are you sure you have a working network connection
> between XP
> >and your Linux VM? Can you ping the VM from XP?
>
> How can i do that, i know what ping is and so on, but how
> should i ping (params?)? I must have a working network
> direction, linux is connected with internet...

Hi Bernd,

That's where I can't really help as I don't have or know VMWare. If I
remember correctly though, it provides a virtual network adaptor that
you must configure in Linux. From XP you would simply:

C:\> ping linuxbox

For example, one of my servers is called nibbler:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ping nibbler

Pinging nibbler.vale-housing.co.uk [192.168.1.43] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.43: bytes=32 time=147ms TTL=253
Reply from 192.168.1.43: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=253
Reply from 192.168.1.43: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=253
Reply from 192.168.1.43: bytes=32 time=113ms TTL=253

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.43:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 111ms, Maximum = 147ms, Average = 122ms

The replies indicate that we are communicating OK. However, this is not
the place to get help getting your network or VMWare going.

Regards, Dave.