# Cannot get Vinux In a VM to Connect to the Internet

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by TylerK (This site is so "educational") on Sunday, 05-Dec-2010 11:35:14

Hey all,
So I have a rather weird problem. I'm trying to run Vinux in a VMWare virtual machine, but I can't get it to connect to the Internet. I set the network adapter type to "bridged," so it would have its own connection. Then, I went into Vinux->(main menu)->System->Preferences->Network Connections, and added a new connection called "Eth0." On the IPv4 Settings tab of the Edit Connection dialog, I chose "Automatic" as the type. Then, I hit Apply, entered the root password, and hit OK. However, the connection didn't work (I tried to ping an outside address). So then I went back into the Edit Connection dialog, IPv4 Settings tab, and selected "Manual" as the type. Then I entered the following in the IP address table:
IP Address: 192.168.1.10
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Then I moved to the DNS Servers text box, and entered 192.168.1.1, hit Apply, entered my password, and authenticated. Still no luck, but I was able to ping my router, but no outside addresses. The router never showed it as being connected, either, which is weird. Any help would be appreciated, since this makes it impossible for me to upgrade my packages and stuff with
sudo apt-get upgrade
Tyler

## Post 2 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Sunday, 05-Dec-2010 17:49:42

Try setting the default gateway to the IP address of your router. If you can see the router but not outside, that's probably it.

## Post 3 by TylerK (This site is so "educational") on Sunday, 05-Dec-2010 18:16:05

Already tried that--I set the Gateway in the Edit Connection dialog to the address of my Netgear WGR614V7, which is 192.168.1.1.