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Pat_Lee
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Please review if you are having bridged wireless network issues

Based on the various forum posts, I would like to consolidate and collect more information in this thread. Please respond here even if you responded elsewhere, it will allow us to more easily find trends if everyone responds here:

If you are having problems with bridged wireless networking:

1) What Mac do you have?

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

4) What base station are you connected to?

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

I am sure the networking folks will have more questions, but I would like to start here.

Thanks for your help in trying help us to better understand what is going on.

Best,

Pat Lee

Senior Product Manager - Mac Products

VMware

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mykmelez
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If you are having problems with bridged wireless

networking:

Note: I'm having problems with \*NAT* wireless networking, but since the symptoms match what many people are reporting with bridged wireless networking, I'll fill out the survey anyway in case it helps. Specifically, the symptoms I'm seeing are intermittent loss of connectivity from my Ubuntu 7.04 guest VM. Sometimes this is accompanied by loss of connectivity on the host OS. Sometimes only DNS is affected, and I can ping remote machines from the VM by IP address (like the problem reported in this thread: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=634363&#634363).

1) What Mac do you have?

A MacBook Pro with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo (older 32 bit) CPU and an AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x86) wireless card with firmware version 1.1.8.5.

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R2218)

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of

wireless networking technologies?

At the moment I'm using a wireless gateway in mixed B/G mode.

4) What base station are you connected to?

A Linksys WRT54GL running firmware version 4.30.5.

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from

7/30 and does it help?

I'm applying it now. Will report back afterwards.

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to

G or B networking, does the problem occur?

N/A

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TheAngryPenguin
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1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook, built between 9.18.2006 and 9.24.2006

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of

wireless networking technologies?

G

4) What base station are you connected to?

Linksys WRT54G, version 1.1, with Tomato firmware version 1.07

3Com Wireless LAN Access Points 7250/8250/8750 series

(There haven't been any APs where this problem has /not/ occurred. These are just two of the known, most frequented APs connected to.)

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from

7/30 and does it help?

Yes, the update has been applied; and no, it does not help.

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to

G or B networking, does the problem occur?

n/a

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michaelr
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1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

A and G

4) What base station are you connected to?

Cisco AP (801.22G) , D-Link AP (802.11G and 802.11A), 2x ZyXel APs (1 802.11A and 1 802.11G)

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

Yes and no

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

N/A It does occur on A and G.

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Ent
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1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz (latest revision)

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of

wireless networking technologies?

Just Wireless G

4) What base station are you connected to?

Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT firmware

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from

7/30 and does it help?

Yes I have, and no it doesn't seem to help.

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Oben
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1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook Pro Santa Rosa 2.4GHz

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of

wireless networking technologies?

N networking connecting to Airport Extreme N base station.

4) What base station are you connected to?

See 3) - base station operating in bridged mode.

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from

7/30 and does it help?

Applied. Doesn't cure however a subjective feeling that problems are less frequent.

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to

G or B networking, does the problem occur?

Yes.

Previous MBP Core Duo never had this problem but was on G network only. The Airport Extreme station was set to G network only at that point. Only difference now is the SR MBP and the Extreme station is now set to N only at 5 GHz wide channels.

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Benji957
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1) What Mac do you have?

MBP Santa Rosa 2.4 GHZ

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

N

4) What base station are you connected to?

Trendnet

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

Yes - It seems to have help a little. Connection still drops, but not as frequent as before

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

Yes

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ahamilto
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Based on the various forum posts, I would like to consolidate and collect more information in this thread. Please respond here even if you responded elsewhere, it will allow us to more easily find trends if everyone responds here:

If you are having problems with bridged wireless networking:

1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook Pro 2.2Ghz

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

Latest Version Of Tiger with all the current updates

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

802.11n most of the time

4) What base station are you connected to?

Apple Airport Extreme

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

Yes, I have applied it, It still drops out, but not as often

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

Haven't tried that. Don't know how. Brand new to the mac world. Would be willing to try if someone could tell me how.

I am sure the networking folks will have more questions, but I would like to start here.

Thanks for your help in trying help us to better understand what is going on.

Best,

Pat Lee

Senior Product Manager - Mac Products

VMware

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achegedus
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I'm also seeing this issue. Here are my specs:

1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (SR)

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

N

4) What base station are you connected to?

Airport Extreme (5GHz Mode)

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

Yes, I installed it, but I am still having the same problems.

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

I have tried G, but it seems to still occur.

Thanks for taking this seriously VMWare... I really appreciate the service! It's a welcomed change from certain competitors... Smiley Happy

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richardkingsley
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Hi,

Works using static IP (thankfully), but not with dhcp.

Hope this helps

richard Kingsley

If you are having problems with bridged wireless networking:

1) What Mac do you have?

Macbook pro 2.16

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.9

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

G

4) What base station are you connected to?

Asus wl330g

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

No

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

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wdeboer
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Please note that the WRT54G isn't very well supported under MacOSX. Half the time you can't connect to those damn things. Stupid wireless router thingy. Even without VMWare Fusion installed, we had to buy a different wireless router so my Apple computers could connect to the wireless network at home.

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TheAngryPenguin
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Please note that the WRT54G isn't very well supported

under MacOSX. Half the time you can't connect to

those damn things. Stupid wireless router thingy.

Even without VMWare Fusion installed, we had to buy a

different wireless router so my Apple computers could

connect to the wireless network at home.

I have had absolutely no problems with the WRT54G. I guess I am lucky to have an older version that can run non-OEM firmware. Just for the record, my issues with Fusion and bridged networking are not exclusive to the WRT54G -- they extend to every AP I have connected to, including enterprise-grade products from Cisco and 3Com. In fact, I cannot recall any AP that I have connected to that I haven't experienced these issues with.

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nesmex
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Can not make Bridged wireless network work at all

1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo, 2G RAM

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10 build 8R2232, my VM uses Windows Vista with all the patches applied

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

N

4) What base station are you connected to?

Airport Extreme which is connected via ethernet to a 2Wire modem. BTW I used to have the same setup using Parallels in Bridged mode an it worked pretty well.

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

Yes, Update applied it does not help

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem

occur?

Yes. I took the Airport extreme out of the equation and tried connecting directly to the 2Wire using its wireless capabiltiy in B/G mode, it didn't work either

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tiag
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Based on the various forum posts, I would like to consolidate and collect more information in this thread. Please respond here even if you responded elsewhere, it will allow us to more easily find trends if everyone responds here:

If you are having problems with bridged wireless networking:

1) What Mac do you have?

Santa Rose MBP, 4 GB ram

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

G - Ruckus Wireless

4) What base station are you connected to?

Ruckus Wireless

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

All patched up

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

n/a

I have bought a copy and expect you guys will fix the problem within the next week, otherwise the software is useless without a network....currenly I am back in using parallels, as it works.....reason for me to use VM fusion is the USB 2.0 support.

Good luck

tiag

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pattheflip
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i haven't been able to get NAT or bridged mode working - i used to run NAT, but it mysteriously broke about a month ago.

1) What Mac do you have?

MacBook 2ghz Core Duo

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

Combination

4) What base station are you connected to?

Apple software basestation, 2Wire 2701HG-B Gateway, tried a whole bunch of others too

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

Yes, no

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

n/a

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kpaul
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Please disregard. I have successfully enable wireless networking.

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kpaul

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nesmex
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I Upgraded to the GA release of Fusion and managed to make bridged network work over Airport Extreme (n), but I still have drop out problems, and even after boot up, it does not seem to work, I have to open my browser and get to the configuration page of my ADSL Modem, once I get there I can nevigate elsewhere. BTW, I also was able to configure my printer using Bonjour and access my Shred Drives attached to Airport Extreme.

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DeLellis
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If you are having problems with bridged wireless networking:

1) What Mac do you have?

MBP core 2 duo with 3MG RAM

2) What version of Mac OS X are you running?

10.4.10

3) Are you running B, G, N or a combination of wireless networking technologies?

4 Macs on the network: 1 MBP core 2 duo-802.11n, 2 MB's-802.11n, 1 MBP core duo-802.11g

4) What base station are you connected to?

Airport Extreme V2 802.11n

5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from 7/30 and does it help?

Yes, before I downloaded the Beta version and now the full version and, no, it doesn't help.

6) If you are using N networking, if you drop back to G or B networking, does the problem occur?

Not sure, but I don't want to mess with my network and don't have time.

Other info:

I had no network connection in VMware when Windows was set to get an IP automatically. Airport uses 10.0.1.x IP address scheme and VMware had an IP address scheme of 192.168.15.x. Windows had internet access, but no access to the Airport network. I assigned a static IP of 10.0.1.212, which is outside the normal range of IP's assigned by the Airport Extreme. With a static IP, both the network and internet became accessible. Soon after, I lost connection with both the MBP and VMware Windows PC to the network. Regaining network connectivity was inconsistent. Stopping and starting Airport worked once, but restarting the MBP was required in another instance.

All the occurred on Sunday 8/05/07 with the BETA version, but it happen again today (Monday 8/06/07) with the final release. All this renders VMware virtually useless.

Bob

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mykmelez
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5) Have you applied the latest Airport Update from

7/30 and does it help?

I'm applying it now. Will report back afterwards.

It didn't help. But I think my problem is different than the "bridged wireless" issues that are the focus of this thread, since I've now experienced my problem with a wired connection.

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TheAngryPenguin
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I just updated to GA and the issue persists.

Device list before joining GA-based VM to network:

Int. MAC Address IP Address

br0 00:19:B9:04:FC:5A 192.168.69.100

eth2 00:17:F2:4B:A9:1D 192.168.69.150[/code]

Device list after joining VM to network:

Int. MAC Address IP Address

br0 00:0C:29:A6:FA:A2 192.168.69.53

br0 00:17:F2:4B:A9:1D 192.168.69.53

br0 00:19:B9:04:FC:5A 192.168.69.100

eth2 00:17:F2:4B:A9:1D 192.168.69.150[/code]

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