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97 Replies Last post: Jun 29, 2009 1:25 AM by dirtybit
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Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

Oct 25, 2007 10:07 AM

Click to view DaveP's profile Master DaveP 1,372 posts since
Aug 30, 2003
VM@Work Tokamak 1.0.0

Well I have finally found time to finish the scripts to manage the virtual network settings for VMware Fusion. Real world work got in the way of me finishing it for a few weeks. I have been using this for about a month now, and have not seen any ill effects from it. There is a preliminary document describing the functionality of the script, called VM@Work Tokamak. (Yes cheesy pun on Fusion!). The scripts bring the functionality of the VMware Workstation 6 for Linux product to Mac OS X. It allows you to define new networks, modify existing settings, change bridged etc. In this version I have limited the number of configurable vmnets to 10, but if more is needed it can be quickly altered.

The work has been released after VMware gave me permission to re-distribute their code. I would ask that you respect this and don't repost. It will be available here using the new document feature and at my web site, once I have had time to update it. In the meantime, please feel free to post comments here, PM me or use my private email address. All feedback gladly accepted.


My thanks to Pat Lee, Product Manger for VMware Fusion for helping get permission to modify the code and re-distribute.

Dave

Message was edited by: DaveP
There is an issue with the scripts when adding new vmnets. Unfortunately as I am on vacation I can't fix it as no access to Mac. Will fix and upload next week.

Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Oct 24, 2007 8:56 AM
Click to view etung's profile Guru etung 10,540 posts since
Oct 15, 2006 VMware
Haven't looked at it yet, but based on your past work, I'm expecting it to be really good :) You might consider turning this into a document to make it easier to find.
Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Nov 13, 2007 6:36 AM
Click to view mtatmc's profile Enthusiast mtatmc 87 posts since
Apr 18, 2007
Any updated information on how to get these scripts?

Thank you
Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Nov 13, 2007 6:57 AM
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Click to view DaveP's profile Master DaveP 1,372 posts since
Aug 30, 2003

They are coming, but wanted to wait to see that all was OK on Leopard and Fusion 1.1. My copy of Leopard arrived today, so will test as time permits, as this is a home project. Plus work has been a little crazy as I have code deadlines, plus a bunch of other things that has taken up a lot of my time.

Thanks for the interest.

Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Nov 19, 2007 12:53 PM
Click to view DaveP's profile Master DaveP 1,372 posts since
Aug 30, 2003
Well after a long delay due to work pressures here's a newer version of the scripts. It fixes some issues seen originally with the Fusion network adapters not getting an IP address. Please read the PDF file with the scripts first, as there are some gotchas with the way Fusion works. The scripts have been tested with Fusion 1.0 on Tiger and 1.1 on Tiger and Leopard.
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Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Nov 20, 2007 4:42 AM
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Click to view cgprosulting's profile Lurker cgprosulting 1 posts since
Oct 30, 2007
Thanks dave!! These help me out tremendously!!
Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Nov 21, 2007 10:31 AM
Click to view PFG's profile Lurker PFG 1 posts since
May 9, 2007
nice work
Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Nov 29, 2007 9:33 AM
Click to view EDV_ContentServ's profile Lurker EDV_ContentServ 1 posts since
Nov 29, 2007
Hello,

really great!

Thanks


Greets


Maxi

Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Dec 30, 2007 9:32 PM
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Click to view sprucio's profile Lurker sprucio 5 posts since
Dec 30, 2007
Hi guys,

Was this script created because VMware Fusion by default lacks such a script? I'm trying to disable vmnet1 and vmnet8 and it looks like this is the type of script I'm looking for.
Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Jan 25, 2008 3:11 PM
Click to view jbfryman's profile Novice jbfryman 5 posts since
Nov 2, 2007
I'm actually interested in doing something a bit more elaborate. I
travel a lot, and it's somewhat cumbersome to deal with the problems
that come with that. My Mac always connects to local networks easily
(wireless or wired, it varies based on location), but I need to run VPN
software that is Windows-only. So I wind up with (Internet) -> Mac
-> Fusion VM -> VPN.

The VPN connection works fine, but I'd like to feed that back to the
Mac so my Mac apps can then use the VPN. So what I'd like to do is
define a second NIC in Fusion, do Windows ICS across that, and have the
Mac redirect my local apps through this virtual nic channel.

Has anyone tried this? I can't seem to make the Mac talk to the second
NIC I defined directly. For security purposes, I wanted to make it
Host-Only on the second NIC . . . but I'd settle for any solution at
this point. I need to point Entourage or Safari/Firefox at this second
virtual NIC. I can't trick the VM by re-using the wireless as I
sometimes need that to reach the Internet.

Thoughts?

Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Jan 25, 2008 3:17 PM
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Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru WoodyZ 9,210 posts since
Apr 22, 2004
This make 3 times in 3 minutes you've posted the same message in different threads... STOP IT!
Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Jan 25, 2008 3:37 PM
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Click to view jbfryman's profile Novice jbfryman 5 posts since
Nov 2, 2007


Most people don't read every thread in a forum, and web searches certainly don't wind up in the same threads. I spent a lot of time Googling just to find the three I posted in, and there's no way for me to know who does and doesn't monitor a given thread.


Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Jan 25, 2008 4:11 PM
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Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru WoodyZ 9,210 posts since
Apr 22, 2004

jbfryman wrote:

Most people don't read every thread in a forum, and web searches certainly don't wind up in the same threads. I spent a lot of time Googling just to find the three I posted in, and there's no way for me to know who does and doesn't monitor a given thread.

Aside from the fact is against the Terms of Use is very annoying to have the same question posted multiple times by the same User and frankly is just not necessary as very few questions go unanswered. You only need to post the same question once!

Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Feb 8, 2008 10:27 AM
Click to view nic.hanno's profile Lurker nic.hanno 1 posts since
Feb 8, 2008

Nice work Dave.

One question; are the scripts good to go in 1.1.1 Build 72241 ?

Thanks mate.

n.

Reply Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings Feb 8, 2008 4:40 PM
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Click to view Technogeezer's profile Expert Technogeezer 230 posts since
Dec 7, 2007
They do seem to work OK for me - haven't had a problem yet. I looked at what Dave's scripts do, and compared the Fusion 1.1 and 1.1.1 boot.sh initialization scripts, and didn't find anything that the new version of Fusion did that would break Tokamak.
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