Question : configure virtual pc network (win2k3 w/DNS)

I am having problems configuring my virtual PC network.

Background:
I wish to run a virtual environment for testing. The system involves:
 - Win 2k3 Server with Active Directory & DNS with MOSS portal (server)
 - Win XP Pro (client)
 - Win Vista Business (64bit)
I want the machines to communicate over a 'local only' network, both both need to be able to connect to the internet.

I have configured the host PC to have a Loopback Adaptor. The hosts internet connection is shared to the loopback adaptor.
The VPCs both have 2-network adaptors:
1) Local Only. The VPC network adaptors are configured to use 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.16 addresses with a shared gateway of 10.0.0.254.
2) Connected to the Loopback Adaptor. Using DHCP - valid IP addresses are assigned.


Using the hosts file I have been able to make the client access the server's MOSS instance. With no more configuration the client is able to access internet resources. However the server is only able to access the internet when I disable the 'local only' network adaptor
Server eg: With the Local Network adaptor enabled I am able to nslooup internet resources but pings fail (ie ping google.com resolves to 64.233.xx.xx, but ping requests time out), when I disable the 'Local Only' pings are successful.

What should I do on the server to allow it to access internet resources?

Answer : configure virtual pc network (win2k3 w/DNS)

From what I can tell from the "routeprint-svr.txt" you have to default gateways

          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0       10.0.0.254         10.0.0.1     20
          0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1     192.168.0.71     20
My guess is that this is messing things up as the DNS server is on the local LAN (probably your router), which is reachable through the 192.168.0.0 route
      192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0     192.168.0.71     192.168.0.71     20

To be sure this is the problem trying removing the 10.0.0.254 gateway, through this command.

route delete 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.254

If you now have access, then change the properties on this NIC adapter (loopback) to have a gateway of an empty string so to speak.
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