After much time searching Google for some answers on why I couldn't get my VM's to connect to the network I finally got it to work. Let me explain. The VMWare Server install was easy. The first VM was easy. The problem came when I wanted to add another VM. I couldn't get the new VM to communicate with the network. I tried adding it to another virtual network and using the second NIC on my Dell 1750 but that only worked for one more guest VM.
The Solution?
The Solution?
If you have a managed switch (you probably do) you have to change the switch port that your server is connected to a TRUNK port. On my Cisco 3560G switch that meant selecting the "SmartPort" type of "Switch". All is well now. I can't wait to see how many I can host on this machine. I don't want to put any mission critical on this machine because it isn't RAID and I don't have a SAN. Hopefully that will change once I can prove that system is reliable.
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