Thanks to Scott Russell scottrus@raleigh.ibm.com for this little "trick"
One of the bummers about VMWare is if you are on a Token-Ring adapter, your VMWare system can't have a real TCP/IP address. Turns out this isn't the case. Here's how to do it. .:: podcasts.apple.com ::.
In the info below we'll call your linux box 'linux.mycompany.biz.com'
Register another ip address, I'll call it 'vmware.mycompany.biz.com' [Developer Guide: CentOS] .:: www.codementor.io ::.
Make sure FORWARD_IPV4=true in your /etc/sysconfig/network file. If you have to change it you can dynamically turn on the feature as root
cat 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward |
Alias the second ip to the TR adapter. You end up with something like this from /sbin/ifconfig: [Code: VPN] .:: telegra.ph ::. .:: docs.google.com ::.
tr0 linux.mycompany.biz.com tr0:0 vmware.mycompany.biz.com vmnet1 192.168.0.1 |
Make sure you can ping both ip addresses from another box. If you cannot then this next step will not work.
Use ipchains/iptables to redirect incoming traffic for the tr0:0 interface to your vmnet1 interface. (When I did this I only redirected specific ports from tr0:0 to vmnet1.) .:: w3.ataiva.com ::. .:: pad.public.cat ::.
Now any outside system your 'NT' box appears to be on the TR. In bound traffic can find it as well as out.