> I am using Virtual PC 2007, with a Windows 98 SE guest OS.
>
> I am having difficulty getting the Win98 OS to connect to the home and small
> office network I use (created with XP's Network Setup Wizard).
>
> I run VPC 2007 on a laptop, which connects to the internet via another
> machine. I need to use a proxy server from the laptop (if you know anything
> about networks, this would seem wrong, but it's right :)
>
> I have tried running XP's Network Setup Wizard on the Win98 VM, with no
> success.
>
> I am not sure which of Local only, Shared networking or my network adapter I
> need to select in the virtual machine's Settings box.
>
> Any help?

>
>
> "AlanT" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > I am using Virtual PC 2007, with a Windows 98 SE guest OS.
> >
> > I am having difficulty getting the Win98 OS to connect to the home and
> > small
> > office network I use (created with XP's Network Setup Wizard).
> >
> > I run VPC 2007 on a laptop, which connects to the internet via another
> > machine. I need to use a proxy server from the laptop (if you know
> > anything
> > about networks, this would seem wrong, but it's right :)
> >
> > I have tried running XP's Network Setup Wizard on the Win98 VM, with no
> > success.
> >
> > I am not sure which of Local only, Shared networking or my network adapter
> > I
> > need to select in the virtual machine's Settings box.
> >
> > Any help?
>
> In a setup like that you would need to use the option to connect through
> the physical network adapter on the host. How does the laptop gets its
> network config when it is connected to the network? The vm will need to be
> configured the same way.
>
> After you set the vm to use the physical NIC and reboot it, do an
> ipconfig /all on both host and guest to see how they compare.
>
>
>

> I am using Virtual PC 2007, with a Windows 98 SE guest OS.
>
> I am having difficulty getting the Win98 OS to connect to the home and
> small
> office network I use (created with XP's Network Setup Wizard).
>
> I run VPC 2007 on a laptop, which connects to the internet via another
> machine. I need to use a proxy server from the laptop (if you know
> anything
> about networks, this would seem wrong, but it's right :)
>
> I have tried running XP's Network Setup Wizard on the Win98 VM, with no
> success.
>
> I am not sure which of Local only, Shared networking or my network adapter
> I
> need to select in the virtual machine's Settings box.
>
> Any help?

> Thanks very much. That worked.
>
> FYI:
> The IP is manually entered. There is no gateway, DHCP, DNS, etc. in use.
> The host machine (ipconfig) says its Node Type is Hybrid, but the Win98
> machine says its type is Broadcast. Is this a cause for concern?
>
> -- AlanT
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "AlanT" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > I am using Virtual PC 2007, with a Windows 98 SE guest OS.
>> >
>> > I am having difficulty getting the Win98 OS to connect to the home and
>> > small
>> > office network I use (created with XP's Network Setup Wizard).
>> >
>> > I run VPC 2007 on a laptop, which connects to the internet via another
>> > machine. I need to use a proxy server from the laptop (if you know
>> > anything
>> > about networks, this would seem wrong, but it's right :)
>> >
>> > I have tried running XP's Network Setup Wizard on the Win98 VM, with no
>> > success.
>> >
>> > I am not sure which of Local only, Shared networking or my network
>> > adapter
>> > I
>> > need to select in the virtual machine's Settings box.
>> >
>> > Any help?
>>
>> In a setup like that you would need to use the option to connect
>> through
>> the physical network adapter on the host. How does the laptop gets its
>> network config when it is connected to the network? The vm will need to
>> be
>> configured the same way.
>>
>> After you set the vm to use the physical NIC and reboot it, do an
>> ipconfig /all on both host and guest to see how they compare.
>>
>>
>>