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Scripts to manage Fusion network settings posted: Oct 25, 2007 10:07 AM

Click to view DaveP's profile Master 1,404 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.

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

1. Oct 24, 2007 8:56 AM in response to: DaveP
Click to view etung's profile Guru 11,086 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
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.

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

2. Nov 13, 2007 6:36 AM in response to: DaveP
Click to view mtatmc's profile Enthusiast 87 posts since
Apr 18, 2007
Any updated information on how to get these scripts?

Thank you

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

5. Nov 20, 2007 4:42 AM in response to: DaveP
Click to view cgprosulting's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Oct 30, 2007
Thanks dave!! These help me out tremendously!!

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

6. Nov 21, 2007 10:31 AM in response to: DaveP
Click to view PFG's profile Lurker 1 posts since
May 9, 2007
nice work

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

7. Nov 29, 2007 9:33 AM in response to: DaveP
Click to view EDV_ContentServ's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Nov 29, 2007
Hello,

really great!

Thanks


Greets


Maxi

Click to view sprucio's profile Novice 6 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.

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

9. Jan 25, 2008 3:11 PM in response to: DaveP
Click to view jbfryman's profile Novice 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?

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

10. Jan 25, 2008 3:17 PM in response to: jbfryman
Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru 10,119 posts since
Apr 22, 2004
This make 3 times in 3 minutes you've posted the same message in different threads... STOP IT!

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

11. Jan 25, 2008 3:37 PM in response to: WoodyZ
Click to view jbfryman's profile Novice 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.


Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

12. Jan 25, 2008 4:11 PM in response to: jbfryman
Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru 10,119 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!

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

13. Feb 8, 2008 10:27 AM in response to: DaveP
Click to view nic.hanno's profile Lurker 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.

Re: Scripts to manage Fusion network settings

14. Feb 8, 2008 4:40 PM in response to: nic.hanno
Click to view Technogeezer's profile Expert 250 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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