virtual machine to another computer?

i am using windows xp as a virtual machine installed on windows 7. my laptop(computer A) is connected to another computer(B) through a lan cable. what configuration should i make (what settings should i put on vmware, default gateway...) in order to successfully ping from machine B to the XP virtual machine on laptop A.

so in other words i want to connect my virtual machine to another computer.

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• Simply configure the network adapter on VMWare to bind on your physical network adapter.

  Earlz : Yup, I'm not sure about VMWare, but in Virtual Box this is called "Bridge Mode"
  From Paulo Santos