Daguerre, you're right, at least according to my tests. Using kernel
2.6.22.6 (under Arch Linux) running WS for Linux 6.01 (build 55017) with a wired ethernet connection, I
get full networking, Internet included. When I have a wifi connection, I'm connected to
the LAN but not to the Internet.

My wifi adapter is Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG internal. My machine is a Thinkpad T43.
Does this information lead us closer to a solution?

I also have a PCMCIA wifi adapter that I can test with to see if the problem is adapter-specific.

Note again that wifi and wireless work equally well with kernel 2.6.20 and WS for linux 6 as well as 6.01.

You may be helped by this info from KevinG:

These comments are from this thread:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/104681?tstart=15

Thanks for the pre-patched vmnet.tar, Hauke-m. That makes life easier.

I went ahead and re-upgraded to 6.0.1 and replaced the stock vmnet.tar with your patched one. I can verify that, on my system at least, both wireless and wired bridged networking appear to function properly with Linux kernel 2.6.22.9 on the host and WinXP Pro SP2 as the guest.

I really appreciate this fix, funderburg (from linuxquestions.org), daguerre and Hauke-m. I was really frustrated before.

I can confirm that, on my system at least, Hauke-m's pre-patched vmnet.tar for WS 6.0.1 works equally well for WS 6.0.2. I've gotten both wifi and wired Internet working with no probs (Host = Arch Linux, Guest = WinXP SP2, bridged networking). I haven't done any additional testing.

That's good news, Hauke-m. Thanks.