Install Solaris 10 x86 on VMware Workstation 6.5 (Part 6)

Okay, this is the last part of our tutorial. This part is very important because without network connection between main OS and guest OS will make my Solaris 10 installation in VMware is considered NOT COMPLETE. And without network connection, I can not simulate the server application in the guest OS.

POST-INSTALLATION: VERIFY THE NETWORK CONNECTION

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The steps to verify the network connection also quiet simple. First of all, I have to open X terminal. I right click in the desktop then I click Open Terminal.
In the X terminal, I type:

# bash
bash-3.00# ifconfig -a

In this screen, I can determine that my Solaris 10's IP address is 192.168.56.132

Now in the other side, in Windows XP (main OS), I open command console.

I click Start > Run... I type cmd, I click OK, then I type: C:\Documents and Settings\acer>ping 192.168.56.132

If I can see the reply, it means my Windows XP can communicate with Solaris 10. Now I want to verify from the other way round. In the command console, I type in: C:\Documents and Settings\acer>ipconfig

Here I can determine that my Windows XP's IP address is 192.168.56.1 Then I go back to Solaris 10, in the X terminal I type in: bash-3.00# ping 192.168.56.1

If this IP address is alive (as in the picture), it means Solaris 10 can communicate with Windows XP.

Now the network connection between Windows XP and Solaris 10 is running properly.

OK, DONE..!!

SUMMARY

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VMware is very useful especially if we need to do simulation using many OS only in 1 PC and all can run concurrently. For more information about VMware, please refer through VMware website: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/using.html

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