[ale] Windows SMS connection under VMWare?

[Jeff Hubbs]

I was going to say - if there is a default filter setting on VMware's 
virtual network interface, it might interfere with SMS's port traffic.

- Jeff

James P. Kinney III wrote:

>Check the firewall on the host machine. 
>
>Also, there are several different ways of doing the networking in
>vmware. One of them make the virtual machine appear to the network as a
>real machine. I can't remember the term they used. That is what you want
>to use for the vmware client machine. 
>
>On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 16:54, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>
>>
>>3 coworkers with much more windows exp have tried and failed, no known
>>reason.
>>
>>Thus spake Jeff Hubbs (hbbs at attbi.com):
>>
>>>Robert -
>>>
>>>I've worked with SMS before and from what I remember about it ("The 
>>>memories!  AAAGH, THE MEMORIEEEEES!!!!"), I can't think of anything 
>>>about VMware that would preclude the operation of SMS client or admin 
>>>software.  
>>>
>>>What's the basis for this consensus you speak of?
>>>
>>>- Jeff
>>>
>>>Robert L. Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>>Has anyone been able to run SMS to connect to remote windows servers in
>>>>a VMWare session running under linux?  The consensus at work is that it
>>>>can't be done and I'd rather not have to dual-boot my box just for this
>>>>one app.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Robert
>>>>
>>>>
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