VMware Communities: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 22, 2007 9:00 PM

in response to: clawhead

Daguerre 4 posts since
Sep 22, 2007

I still have no internet from the guest OS with WS build 55017 on Fedora kernel 2.6.22.5-76.fc7. Note that my bridge is wireless, using madwifi 0.9.3.2. Perhaps ethernet bridges are working, but the wireless isn't.

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 22, 2007 9:42 PM

in response to: Daguerre

KevinG 16,898 posts since
Jan 8, 2004 VMware

Have you tried using the ath5k?

What exact physical wireless network adapter are you using? (make/model..etc)

Are you using WS 6.0.1?

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 23, 2007 12:33 PM

in response to: Daguerre

clawhead 63 posts since
Dec 10, 2004

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.

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 23, 2007 2:24 PM

in response to: clawhead

clawhead 63 posts since
Dec 10, 2004

No wifi Internet connection with my PCMCIA wifi adapter, either (Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 AirForce One 54g 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller).

My guest OS is Windows 2000 Pro SP4, by the way.

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 23, 2007 7:27 PM

in response to: KevinG

Daguerre 4 posts since
Sep 22, 2007

I'm using a Netgear WG311T. I just upgraded madwifi to the latest trunk, and no luck.

This is the first I've heard of ath5k! Sounds promising, but I could find any code. Is there an actual working development version for Linux?

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 29, 2007 4:57 AM

in response to: Daguerre

2hansen 9 posts since
Sep 20, 2007

Same goes for my Compaq nw8440. No bridging when host is using wireless, no problems when host uses wired... (Host: Ubuntu 7.10; Guest: XP Prof.)

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 29, 2007 6:58 AM

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clawhead 63 posts since
Dec 10, 2004

2hansen wrote:
Same goes for my Compaq nw8440. No bridging when host is using wireless, no problems when host uses wired... (Host: Ubuntu 7.10; Guest: XP Prof.)

You may be helped by this info from KevinG:

If you used the vmware-any-any-update, it replaced the original /usr/lib/modules/source/vmnet.tar file with a one that does not include vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.o_shipped vmnet-only/smac_linux.x86_64.o_shipped. You will need to exact the vmnet.tar and insert the vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.o_shipped
vmnet-only/smac_linux.x86_64.o_shipped that is included with the orginal
/usr/lib/modules/source/vmnet.tar in WS 6

These comments are from this thread:

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

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 29, 2007 7:34 AM

in response to: clawhead

2hansen 9 posts since
Sep 20, 2007

Thanks for the quick response. However, I did a clean install of 6.0.1 and my vmnet.tar does include the smac_linux.x{386|86_64}.o_shipped files - so I guess that is not the issue. (And sorry if "my" issue is different from the one discussed in this thread - but the symptoms seem identical.)

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 29, 2007 7:22 PM

in response to: Daguerre

Daguerre 4 posts since
Sep 22, 2007

Fixed!
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2905568
VMWare 6.0.1 WinXP guest can now bridge my madwifi 0.9.3.2 interface, on Fedora using kernel 2.6.22.7.
Well, that was annoying!

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 30, 2007 11:47 AM

in response to: Daguerre

Hauke-m 12 posts since
Jun 13, 2007

Thank you for this patch. Now bridged network is working with my kernel 2.6.23-rc8 with Wireless LAN.

I have updated the patch to also work when no wireless network is used. You can download it here:
http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/vmware/vmware-wireless.patch

The patched vmnet.tar can be founfd here:
http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/vmware/vmnet.tar (it is based on the vmnet out of the VMware Workstation 6.0.1)

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Sep 30, 2007 3:07 PM

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clawhead 63 posts since
Dec 10, 2004

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.

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Oct 20, 2007 4:36 AM

in response to: Hauke-m

clawhead 63 posts since
Dec 10, 2004

Hey, Hauke-m, have you by any chance had time to produce a pre-patched vmnet.tar for WS 6.0.2-build 59824? If not, can we assume that the vmnet.tar you patched for 6.0.1 will work also for 6.0.2?

Thanks again for your help with this worse-than-annoying problem.

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Oct 20, 2007 5:01 AM

in response to: clawhead

clawhead 63 posts since
Dec 10, 2004

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.

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Oct 20, 2007 7:59 AM

in response to: clawhead

Hauke-m 12 posts since
Jun 13, 2007

From version 6.0.1 to version 6.0.2 VMWare made no changes in the vmnet.tar !

The patched version for wireless will work in version 6.0.2 as in version 6.0.1

Reply Re: No Internet on VMWare WS w/ Linux 2.6.22 kernel Oct 21, 2007 2:22 AM

in response to: Hauke-m

clawhead 63 posts since
Dec 10, 2004

Hauke-m wrote:
From version 6.0.1 to version 6.0.2 VMWare made no changes in the vmnet.tar !

The patched version for wireless will work in version 6.0.2 as in version 6.0.1

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

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