Tools: Connect your Windows and Linux Proxmox machines. - 2025 Update

Tools: Connect your Windows and Linux Proxmox machines. - 2025 Update

When creating a security lab, I spend a lot of hours troubleshooting this due to a lack of articles and videos, which mostly people use Virtualbox. Hope can help this article too. Let's Start: Step 1: Look first at your host network, to do this: In your Windows environment, open the cmd > type "Ipconfig /all" > look for IPv4 Address. Here's our architecture: Step 2: Configure our bridge in our data center network: Data center > PVE > network > Linux bridge > any desired name Note: dont make any value except to the desired name Step 3: Assigned the bridge and config for the VM's I got two virtual machines, one is Windows, and the other is Linux. Under the virtual machine, I assigned my windows as VM1 while Linux as VM2. Same configuration for both VMs: Virtual machine > Hardware > from Virtio to Intel E1000, and make sure to uncheck the firewall Step 4: Configure the virtual machine inside. Windows:Start the virtual machine > Ctr + Win > type "ncpa.cpl" > properties > IP address you want > subnet mask > ok Verify: Open your PowerShell, then ping the IP address you set. Linux:Setting > Network > gear icon > IPv4 > configure the Address and netmask > apply Verify: Ping the IP address you set If everything is okay, ping the each other, there;s no error Now, if you ping google.com you will fail because what we set-up is to talk the two VM but Isolated. to be able to have internet your two VM, you should add another network device then select vmbr0 which connect to your internet note: if you dont need to connect to the internet you should disabled this then just use the isolated device network Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse