Windows host, Ubuntu guest, networking defect

[boggy]

hi all,

i already checked vmnetcfg, disabled automatic bridging, shut down the firewall on the host, specified my wireless adapter to the virtual network, but still no internet access in Ubuntu, any suggestions? many thanks!

[RDPetruska]

Does your wireless Access Point have MAC address filtering turned on? If so, you will need to add the MAC address of your guest's virtual NIC to its list.

[boggy]

good point, but where do i add that info?

[KevinG]

What exact version of Windows is your host?

Post ipconfig /all from the host

Post ifconfig -a form the guest

Post the .vmx file from the virtual machine

You would enable/disable MAC filtering in your wireless router. Typically the management interface of the router can be accessed by using a web browser

[boggy]

my host is Windows XP

the vmx file looks like this:

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "3"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.filename = "Ubuntu.vmdk"

memsize = "256"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

#ide1:0.fileName = "ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso"

#ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

displayName = "Ubuntu"

guestOS = "ubuntu"

nvram = "Ubuntu.nvram"

MemTrimRate = "-1"

ide0:0.redo = ""

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d 2c d9 76 34 31 c9-db 3e a7 5d ff d1 23 65"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 2c d9 76 34 31 c9-db 3e a7 5d ff d1 23 65"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:d1:23:65"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

uuid.action = "create"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

my physical address of the host nic is 00-0E-35-5B-2C-11

but the virtual mac address is 00:0c:29:d1:23:65

still need to figure out how to modify that in the router, but thanks...

[KevinG]

Do you have any firewall software installed on the host or any VPN client?

Typically the MAC access control list is not on by default in the router,so I am not sure if that is your issue.

[boggy]

i have zonealarm and vpn client, but both not turned on

[KevinG]

Uninstall ZoneAlarm and it will most likely resolve your issue, it has been posted many times in the forums that having it disabled is not enough.

You can reinstall ZoneAlarm after you have VMware Working

[boggy]

i tried this just now, but it didnt work out...now i'm stuck

[KevinG]

I assume you rebooted after uninstalling ZoneAlarm

Post ifconfig -a form the guest

[boggy]

it looks like the same as before, esp. the mac address, since i cannot use clipboard, dont know how to post that here...

[KevinG]

If you configure the virtual machine virtual network adapter to use NAT, does it work?

[boggy]

still no...

[boggy]

so i found sth interesting, when i call up network settings in ubuntu, in ethernet connection it says interface eth1 is active... is that already wrong, coz i'm supposed to be using 0?

[KevinG]

Since you are using Ubuntu, you can edit the /etc/network/interfaces file