Hey all - kinda new with Workstation and have been messing around trying to get this to work for so long, I just want to set up my lab already but am unable to find the snag here.
So here's what I've been trying to do:
Have a Windows Server 2008 R2 (Domain Controller/DHCP/DNS/Active Directory/IIS) hand out DHCP addresses/leases to an internal network (meaning, I want a few Windows 7 Ultimate clients to be assigned IPs from the DC and NOT VMWare's built-in DHCP offerings). I want the clients to be able to only use one NIC (preferably) and both authenticate to AD and connect to the Internet (so I'm guessing I'll have to forward DNS to resolve external domains?). I'm having a pretty difficult time trying to figure this out..
My physical network is a Linksys router with DHCP enabled, so that's assigning an IP to the PC that I am attempting this lab on - maybe this is an issue as well and also needs to be configured or have my VMNet reflect that?
I've tried using NAT, a bridged connection, etc.. and even then, when I do have my DC with an active internet connection, how would I configure my clients (Win7 devices) to join the same network my DC is on? I've tried some configurations in these forums as well but none seem to be trying for what I am attempting (which seems very simple!). Can anyone offer some pointers? I'm not opposed to starting fresh. Thanks for taking a look.