Hi, I'm new to vmware and networks and am having trouble connecting to the internet from vmware. My host OS is Windows XP.
I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 on vmware workstation. When using NAT connection I'm able to access the internet from the guest OS but when in bridged mode, I can't.
My ifconfig -a[/u]
david@david-desktop:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:B7:8E:ED
inet addr:192.168.16.128 Bcast:192.168.16.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:feb7:8eed/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:32128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32519 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2403162 (2.2 MiB) TX bytes:3663159 (3.4 MiB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x2000
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:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:13659 (13.3 KiB) TX bytes:13659 (13.3 KiB)
My ipconfig /all[/u]
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : adminstr-faf905
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.126.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-BB-73-49
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 19, 2007 2:49:39 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 22, 2007 2:49:39 PM
My .vmx[/u]
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "6"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "512"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Ubuntu.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "E:"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
svga.autodetect = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
mks.keyboardFilter = "allow"
displayName = "Ubuntu"
guestOS = "ubuntu"
nvram = "Ubuntu.nvram"
deploymentPlatform = "windows"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
ide1:0.autodetect = "FALSE"
floppy0.fileName = "A:"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d a6 83 da e8 f7 98-5c c9 7b 01 e5 b7 8e ed"
uuid.bios = "56 4d a6 83 da e8 f7 98-5c c9 7b 01 e5 b7 8e ed"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:b7:8e:ed"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
extendedConfigFile = "Ubuntu.vmxf"
sharedFolder.option = "alwaysEnabled"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "D:\"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "Bittorrent"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
numvcpus = "2"
ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet8"
