I find using PuTTY to access my VMWare server instead of working on the console is far less cumbersome. You dont' have to ctrl-alt all the time and you can copy and paste between your windows and VMware environments.
I created a doc for using PuTTY, it is here:
http://santacruzcycleimports.com/howtos/putty.html
the "accessing vmware remotely doc is now here:
http://santacruzcycleimports.com/howtos/vmware.html
any feedback is welcome
You can still ssh to benji as cis191 at:
98.210.240.176
If you point your browser at http://98.210.240.176 benji is now a dev server for a live website that is on the web at:
http://www.rapidfiremedia.com