I have Fusion on a MacMini. The primary network is airport connected to a DSL router. The secondary is the ethernet connected to an activedirectory network.
I am trying to join the domain, but VMWare says it can't see it. I assume it's because it's trying to use the airport connection.
Is there a way to make it use the ethernet connection instead?
Are the WINS servers configured properly?
You mentioned the ip addresses are working. Are you able to ping the domain controller?
There isn't a user interface for this, but you can edit the file "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh". Look at the lines:
Bridge to host network interface 'en0'.
#"$LIBDIR/vmnet-bridge" -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-vmnet0.pid vmnet0 en0
Bridge to the primary host network interface (which can change over time).
"$LIBDIR/vmnet-bridge" -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-vmnet0.pid vmnet0 ''
and uncomment the second line (your ethernet is probably already en0).
I tried uncommenting the line. However, I am still unable to join the domain.
Here is what is currently happening. I can see the network using ip addresses, but not using DNS names. I have put in the correct DNS servers and can ping them fine.
I don't know if this is a VMWare issue, or just windows, but I've never seen it before. Any other suggestions?
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Are the WINS servers configured properly?
You mentioned the ip addresses are working. Are you able to ping the domain controller?
Yes. I can ping the ip of the domain controller, but not the dns name of it.
EDIT: It was WINS. Thank you both for you help.
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MysticMaven
Any time. I am glad we could help.
Hello I tried this and It did not work. I had to boot into safe mode and copy the backup file of boot.sh I had made back to the /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion folder then I was able to boot regular. Any idea's? OSX 10.4.10 (MacBook Pro), vmware version 1.0, also upgraded to beta 1.1 and same thing. Edited file looked like this. I am trying to get fusion to use wireless, en1 and everything else en0. Any help appreciated. UPDATE: I also tried with last line commented out, same thing.
vmnet-bridge puts itself in background (daemon mode)
Bridge to host network interface 'en0'.
"$LIBDIR/vmnet-bridge" -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-vmnet0.pid vmnet0 en1
Bridge to the primary host network interface (which can change over time).
"$LIBDIR/vmnet-bridge" -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-vmnet0.pid vmnet0 ''
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What exactly did you try and not work? Are you trying to join a domain like the original poster? You might want to open your own message thread describe exactly what is not working for you.