Requirement:

i need to install linux on the dsp board. Need

1) Linux to build the kernel
2) Windows to transfer the kernel

So, basically i need 2 systems running in parallel to install the linux on the board. Apparently, the solutions is vmware.

Problem:

i faced lot of trouble in putting the virtual machine into the network. I am not able to ping the host from the virtual machine. For vmware you basically we have 3 types of connections bridged, host-only, NAT. For my requirement i need to use the bridged network because, i have to make the hosts unique.

Solution:

1) Make sure the firewall is not blocking the connections, i simply turned off both the firewalls from the windows and linux (vm appliance) operating systems

2) Make sure the subnet and ip range are the same (in case you turned off the DHCP)

3) VMnet0 is the physical ethernet connection. So, be careful with that. If you dont have 2 ethernet cards, dont start the DHCP service on the physical ethernet.(you may lost your internet)