[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: [MacLaw] Virtual PC in network environment...

[Victoria L. Herring]

an answer from my gurus at the MacLaw list...

>
>At 09:29 -0500 26.08.2004, Thus spake Victoria L. Herring:
>
>>Since speed isn't a big issue, couldn't I (theoretically - if I hired
>>it set up for me) run Virtual PC on my 12" pb, load the district's
>>"enterprise" software into the emulator, and hook up to the network
>>via airport extreme as a Windows machine?
>>If this is possible, would it create any headaches for the network
>>administrators? On a conceptual level, it seems to me that, running
>>VPC, I should be able to operate on the network, interacting with its
>>software, more or less invisibly - not as a sneak, but as a user
>>whose hardware preferences create no hassles for administrators.
>
>In Virtual PC, each Virtual Machine has its own setting for
>networking.  There are two alternatives: Shared Networking, or
>Virtual Switch.
>
>Shared networking allows the Virtual Machine to share the IP address
>of the Macintosh on which VPC is running.  This requires the Mac to
>be configured to access the network in question.  But connecting a
>Mac running OS X to a Win network should be pretty straightforward.
>See OS X's Mac Help for details on connecting the Mac to a Windows
>network.
>
>The other option is Virtual Switch.  In OS 9, this option allows the
>Virtual Machine to have an IP address distinct from the Mac's IP
>address.  Certain PC applications may require this.  In OS X, this
>option allows the Virtual machine to become a fully functional
>network node that can communicate with the host Mac or other Mac or
>Win computers on the same network.  It also supports advanced
>networking tasks such as running an HTTP or FTP server with
>predefined port numbers, or remote login (rlogin).
>
>See <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx>,
><http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/using.aspx?pid=usingvirtualpc&type=howto&article=/MAC/LIBRARY/how_to_articles/officex/vpc_network.xml>.
>See also <http://www.macwindows.com>,
><http://www.macwindows.com/tutorial.html>,<http://www.macwindows.com/netbasic.html>.
>

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