exposing host's network adapter to guest

[spyrofuss]

Suppose my host has 1 network adapter and adapter has INVALID network configuration. Yes, that's right, LAN is not accessible. I would like to be able to configure the adapter within the guest with proper network config and access the LAN beyond the host. How can i do this in VMware? I've tried all network options in the Player with no luck.

This odd setup does work in Virtual Box.

Btw, the guest OS is Ubuntu.

[RDPetruska]

As long as the host OS recognizes the NIC and has the drivers installed, yes.  Make sure the VMware Bridged Protocol is enabled on the host's physical NIC.  Run the virtual network editor and specify that physical NIC to be bridged to VMnet0.  Then, set your VM configuration to use Bridged networking.  All traffic should pass through to the guest just fine.

[spyrofuss]

> Make sure the VMware Bridged Protocol is enabled on the host's physical NIC.

where do i enable this?

> Run the virtual network editor and specify that physical NIC to be bridged to VMnet0.

is this editor available in the VMware Player ?

thx