I've install VMware Player 1.0.2 build-29634 using synaptic (apt-get) on Ubuntu 6.10. I guess the package handles all the setup for you because I didn't have to answer any of the regular networking questions. Player runs fine (with a Centos 4.3 image) except I can't get bridged networking to work. It seems I have no vmnet0. (Isn't that the interface for bridged networking?)
$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:5B:73:D7:10
inet addr:72.179.51.25 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.248.0
inet6 addr: fe80::211:5bff:fe73:d710/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:49746 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:5
TX packets:10263 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:20972377 (20.0 MiB) TX bytes:1096488 (1.0 MiB)
Interrupt:217 Base address:0xec00
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:2B:9F:D2
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:29ff:fe2b:9fd2/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2981 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:1 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:327195 (319.5 KiB) TX bytes:3829331 (3.6 MiB)
Interrupt:177 Base address:0x4000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:604 (604.0 b) TX bytes:604 (604.0 b)
vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.126.1 Bcast:192.168.126.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:192.168.20.1 Bcast:192.168.20.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that I have two NICs on this machine. eth0 is an external interface. eth1 is for my internal network. I want the bridging to be on eth1. In /etc/vmware/locations I see the line:
answer VNET_0_INTERFACE eth0
I tried changing that to eth1 and restarting the vmware-player service but still no vmnet0.
Is there a way to reconfigure vmware's networking options so it bridges on eth1 and I can get a vmnet0? Or am I completely off base with my logic and something else is wrong?
I have no vmnet0. (Isn't that the interface for bridged networking?)
vmnet0 is not an interface, it is a virtual switch and should not appear in the output from ifconfig
Post the output from " psawww | grep -i bridge " from the Linux host
What is the guest OS?
Post the .vmx file from the virtual machine
Post the output from ipconfig -a or ipconfig /all from the guest OS?
I have no vmnet0. (Isn't that the interface for bridged networking?)
vmnet0 is not an interface, it is a virtual switch and should not appear in the output from ifconfig
Post the output from " psawww | grep -i bridge " from the Linux host
What is the guest OS?
Post the .vmx file from the virtual machine
Post the output from ipconfig -a or ipconfig /all from the guest OS?
ps awww | grep -i bridge provided a clue to the problem. vmnet-bridge was not running. I would have thought the init script that came with the ubuntu vmware-player .deb would have started something like this. Perhaps not. Once I ran it, I started the vm back up, switched it to bridged and it got an ip address via dhcp on the local net.
Thanks!
Thanks for the update
Glad to hear that it is resolved