Hi everyone, I am trying to set up a Whonix gateway to work with VMware workstation. Whonix gateway comes with the following network settings hardcoded for VirtualBox:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.2.15
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.2.2
My VMware NAT network adapter has the following properties:
Subnet IP: 192.168.117.0
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP: 192.168.117.2
(ON) Use local DHCP service to distirbute IP address to VMs
DHCP settings - Starting IP address: 192.168.117.128 Ending IP address: 192.168.117.254
I know that I have to change the Whonix eth0 settings according to VMware NAT network adapter and they are supposed to look as follows:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.117.XXX <------ QUESTION
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.117.2
In this situation, what’s the range of IP addresses I can assign to Whonix eth0 to avoid potential IP conflicts with other non-whonix VMs (e.g. personal Windows 10 VM) or problems with Whonix firewall? I have read somewhere on the internet that the IP address should be beetwen X.X.X.1 - X.X.X.24 for firewall working properly, but don’t know how trustworthy this information is.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advnace!