Routing between host and vmware host-only network

astbis · 12-20-2007, 06:37 PM

Hi

I'm trying to get a more complex network to work on my new hosted root server.

The setup:

Host machine directly connected to the internet
Host runs opensuse 10.3 and vmware server 1.0.3
Two virtual machines (server1 and server2)
Virtual machines are set up as a host-only network
Bridged networking isn't possible. My assigned ip subnet is routed directly to the host's ip
I've configured server1 and server2 IP's on the host
Host and vServers are connected (pingable)

I've tried to find a how to for setting up routing but couldn't find any suitable solution.

How can i get both virtual machines connected to the internet as if they were normal server's.

ExtServer1ip -> IntServerver1ip
ExtServer2ip -> IntServerver2ip

Regards,

astbis

acid_kewpie · 12-22-2007, 06:52 AM

should be a case of just using NAT on the host...

[root@host-server]# iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d extserver1ip -j DNAT --to-destination intserver1ip

etc...

you may also want an SNAT equivalent for data being initiated by the server rather than just incoming connections.

astbis · 12-27-2007, 08:21 PM

Thanks for the hint. It got me a lot further. I have a follow up question and i posted it as a new thread.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ternal-609518/