[Winxp host + VMware linux ] guest OS IP address not visible outside host OS

[don cherian]

hello,

host machine : WinXp + Ubuntu as guest OS on top of VMware
There is one ethernet card which I use to connect to intranet.
the network setting is showing
2 VMWare virtual ethernet adapters [VMnet8,VMnet1]
1 LAN - connected to intranet

This machine is used as host machine an ARM based target board
[beagleboard]

I am using Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget to connect the beagleboard
to host machine.After the ifonfig [ifconfig usb0 192.168.1.115] on
target board,
the network setting is showing one more connection
LAN2 with IP addr: 192.168.1.15

I could ping the networked beagleboard from Windows
but the IP address of beagleboard is not available/visible in the
Linux guest OS.The IP of
Linux OS is neither visible in beagleboard.

My intention is to use NFS mounted rootfile system for my beagleboard
so that the development/testing can be faster.

Is there any way make linux visible for beagleboard over USB Ethernet
network?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Don Cherian