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accessory
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‎06-13-2007 02:36 PM

How to check whether a wireless NIC support Promiscuous Mode?

Hi:

I use WS6.0 and both host and guest OS are win XP. There are two NIC on host , one is wireless , the other is not.

I try to let my guest OS bridge to the wireless NIC. But I found from previous post that the nic should support Promiscuous Mode. The question is how do I check that?

I try to use "netsh birdge show adapter" but nothing showed up. I also downloaded a software called " PromiscDetect", but it only tells me that the active filter for the adapter. I cannot find the answer from the manufacturer's website either. Any suggestions?

PS: my wireless card is Intel PRO/wireless 3945 ABG.

Thanks.

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Aldebaran
Hot Shot
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‎06-13-2007 03:18 PM

I looked here:

http://www.micro-logix.com/WinPcap/Supported.asp

It has some user reports of this card not working, and maybe some mitigations.

Jeff

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KevinG
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Immortal
‎06-13-2007 03:25 PM

But I found from previous post that the nic should support Promiscuous Mode

This information is wrong, the "Wireless" physical network adapter does not have to support Promiscuous Mode to work in a Bridged virtual network configuration.

Make sure that you are Bridged to the correct physical network adapter in the host. Select "Edit" -> " Virtual Network Settings"

Uncheck "Automatically choose an available physical network adapter to bridge to vmnet0" This is located on the "Automatic Bridge" tab

Select the "Host Virtual Network Mapping" tab and select the physical network adapter that you want to bridge to vmnet0 in the dropdown menu for vmnet0

How is your host connected to the local network / internet? (Cable modem, DSL, Router, Switch...etc)

Post the output from " ipconfig /all " from both the host and guest OS.

Post the .vmx file from the virtual machine

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Build_Interns
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‎06-13-2007 04:10 PM

support Promiscuous Mode

The song "Promiscous" is pretty good, but I wouldnt hit Nelly Furtado because she is a mother!

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accessory
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‎06-14-2007 08:58 AM

Hi :

I have already changed the virtual network settings to bridge to the wireless card. I have two NIC on the guest also. One is in bridged mode and the other is in host-only mode.

The output of ipconfig /all on host is this:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : STTRL

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gmu.edu

mesa.gmu.edu

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.35.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gmu.edu

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-77-37-97-FA

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 42.218.9.22

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 42.218.9.21

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 42.0.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 129.174.1.3

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 42.0.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:36:36 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 15, 2007 11:36:36 AM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mesa.gmu.edu

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-8B-D2-B5-46

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 129.174.112.215

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 129.174.112.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 129.174.97.3

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 129.174.97.3

129.174.68.227

129.174.1.3

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 129.174.2.235

Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 129.174.2.236

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:36:30 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 14, 2007 7:36:30 PM

The output of ipconfg on guest is this:[/b]

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : csis1

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-79-BA-0F

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.167.210

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-79-BA-19

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.35.129

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.35.254

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.35.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 14, 2007 11:45:05 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:15:05 PM

crtPrc.dll: Removed CreateProcess() (result=0).

PS: the network for the host-only is 192.168.35. xxx

BTW: I also noticed that when I after the VM reverts to a snapshot, it will try to get IP again (because the snapshot is taken when using wired NIC), but it cannot get the IP. Then I tried to reboot (both guest OS and host), but it remains the same.

Thanks.

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accessory
Contributor
Contributor
‎06-14-2007 09:01 AM

The vmx file for the VM:

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "6"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

memsize = "256"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional-cl1-000003.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

mks.keyboardFilter = "allow"

displayName = "Browser_VM"

guestOS = "winxppro"

nvram = "GMU-XP1.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

floppy0.fileName = "A:"

isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d d1 b7 f0 25 c9 98-76 d9 10 8f d5 79 ba 0f"

uuid.bios = "56 4d d1 b7 f0 25 c9 98-76 d9 10 8f d5 79 ba 0f"

ide0:0.redo = ""

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:79:ba:0f"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

fileSearchPath = "C:\IC\GMU-XP;.;E:\virtualOS2\GMU-XP"

extendedConfigFile = "GMU-XP1.vmxf"

inVMTeam = "FALSE"

ethernet1.present = "TRUE"

ethernet1.connectionType = "hostonly"

ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ethernet1.addressType = "generated"

ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "35"

ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:79:ba:19"

ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"

checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"

gui.exitAtPowerOff = "TRUE"

sharedFolder.option = "alwaysEnabled"

sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"

sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.hostPath = "C:\temp"

sharedFolder0.guestName = "MyPS"

sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"

BTW: I am in a university. When I try to use wireless network, it will redirect my home web page to a login page first. Is there anything to do with bridged network?

I cannot see the login page in the guest OS. So I guess there is something wrong before that.

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accessory

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