The network bridge on device VMnet0 is temporarily down

[chieferer]

i am trying to boot ubuntu with vmware. it worked like charm the first time it booted but then after i updated ubuntu it said i had to reboot. i rebooted then everything worked fine but then i got a message that said: The network bridge on device VMnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged Ethernet interface is down. The virtual machine may not be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your network. after this i could not connect to the internet. any ideas on how to fix it? i tried re downloading the appliance ut that didnt work.

[admin]

I am assuming you are running VMware Workstation?

I will move this to the proper Forum for you

[KevinG]

What exact versio of VMware Workstation?

What is the host OS?

Post the output from " ifconfig -a " from the Ubuntu guest OS

Post the .vmx file from the vrtual machine

[chieferer]

uhh... actually im using vmware player. im running a windows xp on a dell latitude 610

heres the .vmx file

#!/usr/bin/vmware

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "256"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.vmdk"

scsi0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"

Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

displayName = "Ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386"

guestOS = "ubuntu"

priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

powerType.powerOff = "hard"

powerType.powerOn = "hard"

powerType.suspend = "hard"

powerType.reset = "hard"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d 57 f1 da 80 2c 1e-d2 34 42 3b bd 64 a8 bd"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 57 f1 da 80 2c 1e-d2 34 42 3b bd 64 a8 bd"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:64:a8:bd"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

uuid.action = "create"

tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

checkpoint.vmState = "Ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.vmss"

[admin]

Ok then - I will move it to the player forum for you

[KevinG]

Post the output from " ipconfig /all " from the Windows XP host

Post the output from the following in the Ubuntu guest OS

cat /etc/network/interfaces

cat /etc/iftab

[chieferer]

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.133.1

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

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

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.222.1

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

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

Ethernet adapter Leaf Networks Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : aci.on.ca

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Guest:

no such file or directory

eth0 mac 00:0c:29:2d:b9:b5 arp 1

[pnjis_mahi]

i am trying to boot ubuntu with vmware. it worked like charm the first time it booted but then after i updated ubuntu it said i had to reboot. i rebooted then everything worked fine but then i got a message that said: The network bridge on device VMnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged Ethernet interface is down. The virtual machine may not be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your network. after this i could not connect to the internet. any ideas on how to fix it? i tried re downloading the appliance ut that didnt work.

please get me answer at the earliest.

[PJN]

Hi, the error is probably to do with not having a currently working wired ethernet connection.

Do you really need to use bridged networking? If you just want to connect to the internet then you should be able to use NAT - select from the VMware Player toolbar on the Ethernet button.

There have been reports on this and the workstation forum about problems using bridged networking to wireless networks - have a search for them if you really do need a bridged connection.