Many thanks in advance for any advice here.
My situation:
Novice Developer using a Windows 7 laptop with Ubuntu Server on VMWare Player.
Need to progress client and server side development on the laptop while at home and away (travelling, sometimes without wireless/internet connection)
I've tried NAT/Bridged/Host-only and can't seem to find an approach that works offline..
More details below..
My question
How to set up network to use VMWare player for development while at home/away (inc offline without internet connection)?
Thanks again
Tony
Other details
My laptop runs Win7, I use Google Chrome, Putty, WinSCP on the client side
My hardware router has an IP of 192.168.0.1
My VMware - Ubuntu Server- is set up to use DHCP
Online- I mean wireless connection to router and internet
Offline- I mean no wireless connection/no internet
Bridged Networking
Works ok online. Does not work offline
When online, I get IP 192.168.0.7 from ifconfig in the vmware.. I can ping the router from the VM and ping the ubuntu server from the Win7 command line
When offline... Ping from VM to router and Ping from Win7 to VM fail.
NAT networking
Does not work online or offline
When "online" I get IP 192.168.91.128 from ifconfig in the VMware , I can ping the hardware router ok from the VM. When I ping the ubuntu server from Win 7 cmd line I get Request Timed Out
When offline I get the same IP 192.168.91.128 from ifconfig in the VM. I cant ping the hardware router from the VM.. Destination Host Unreachable. When I ping the ubuntu server from Win 7 cmd line I get Destination Host Unreachable
Host-Only
does not work for me either online of offline..
While online ie I can get IP address.. 192 168 110 128 but VM cant ping router.. Network Unreachable. Win7 cant ping server.. Request Timed Out
While offline I get the same IP address 192 168 110 128 , but VM cant ping router Network Unreachable. Win7 cant ping server.. Destination Host Unreachable