# Newbie problem with setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Gateway\ **Created:** [May 26, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/200 "2011-05-26T16:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffery\_Hallett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jeffery\_Hallett](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/Jeffery_Hallett)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/200/1 "2011-05-26T16:15:23Z")
It's WORKING, sort of. I have no experience with VMWare player up until yesterday. I normally use VirtualBox for VMs. This morning I downloaded a VM appliance from VMWare that contains CentOS and Firefox and noticed its VMWare setting for Network Adapter was "NAT". It worked great -- could access the internet with no problem. The Network Adapter setting on the djigzo VM was "Bridged", not NAT. This is contrary to my experience with VirtualBox where I would always use the "Bridged" setting. So the problem was with the Network Adapter setting. The problem NOW is that I can only access the djigzo from the VM's host computer. In the NAT mode, djigzo was assigned 192.168.153.129 and my network is 192.168.168.xxx. Perhaps I will just scrap the VM idea and install djigzo on its own Linux box. Jeff > **···** > > > Looks good and as you said works inside your home network? You can > > ping the internal interface of the router but it don't let you out. So > > you have to check what happens on the router. Do you have to > > "whitelist" devices which are allowed to connect to the internet? > > > > Regards > > > > Andreas ---
**Author:** ![martijn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.ciphermail.com/martijn/32/127_2.png) [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/200/2 "2011-05-26T16:20:49Z")
VMware player is not really suited for server based applications. If you want to use the Virtual Appliance it's better to use the ESX or Hyper-V version. Or, install it on a dedicated Linux box. That said, it's possible to use VirtualBox with the Virtual Appliance for VMware player. See Appendix A of the Djigzo Virtual Appliance guide. I have copied the relevant section: 1) Open the Virtual Media Manager (File -\> Virtual Media Manager) and press Add to add an existing medium. 2) Select a hard disk image file. Select the Virtual Appliance .vmdk file and close the dialog. 3) Create a new Virtual Machine. Use Operating system Linux and version Ubuntu. 4) Set base memory \>= 640 MB. 5) Select the .vmdk hard disk created in step 2. 6) Make sure the network is set to: Attached to: Host Interface. 7) Enable the advanced option PAE/NX. 8) Finish. You can now start-up the Virtual Appliance. Kind regards, Martijn Brinkers Djigzo open source email encryption > **···** > > On 05/26/2011 06:15 PM, jhallett(a)mindea.com wrote: > > > It's WORKING, sort of. > > I have no experience with VMWare player up until yesterday. I normally use > > VirtualBox for VMs. > > > > This morning I downloaded a VM appliance from VMWare that contains CentOS > > and Firefox and noticed its VMWare setting for Network Adapter was "NAT". > > It worked great -- could access the internet with no problem. > > > > The Network Adapter setting on the djigzo VM was "Bridged", not NAT. This > > is contrary to my experience with VirtualBox where I would always use the > > "Bridged" setting. > > > > So the problem was with the Network Adapter setting. > > > > The problem NOW is that I can only access the djigzo from the VM's host > > computer. In the NAT mode, djigzo was assigned 192.168.153.129 and my > > network is 192.168.168.xxx. > > > > Perhaps I will just scrap the VM idea and install djigzo on its own Linux > > box. ---
**Author:** ![martijn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.ciphermail.com/martijn/32/127_2.png) [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/newbie-problem-with-setup/200/3 "2011-05-26T16:35:46Z")
I have had problems in the past getting bridged mode to work correctly for VMWare player with Ubuntu as the host. Could it be that your desktop uses WIFI? I had troubles running VMware Player in bridged mode on my laptop using Wifi (only worked with the cable network) Kind regards, Martijn > **···** > > On 05/26/2011 06:15 PM, jhallett(a)mindea.com wrote: > > > It's WORKING, sort of. > > I have no experience with VMWare player up until yesterday. I normally use > > VirtualBox for VMs. > > > > This morning I downloaded a VM appliance from VMWare that contains CentOS > > and Firefox and noticed its VMWare setting for Network Adapter was "NAT". > > It worked great -- could access the internet with no problem. > > > > The Network Adapter setting on the djigzo VM was "Bridged", not NAT. This > > is contrary to my experience with VirtualBox where I would always use the > > "Bridged" setting. > > > > So the problem was with the Network Adapter setting. > > -- > Djigzo open source email encryption