Problem with bridging to host wifi interface

[vmwarri0r]

Hi,

This is my scenario:

Host: Windows 7 Ultimate running on a laptop with one ethernet and one wifi interface.

VMware: Workstation 9

Guest VM: Windows XP Pro

I have removed all the default network configuration of vmware workstation and created the following:

VMnet0 is bridged to host machine's ethernet interface. Guest's eth0 (its WAN) is connected to it.

VMnet1 is bridged to host's wireless interface. Guest's eth1 is connected to it.

I have set IP addresses of different subnets on the physical interfaces of the Host so that they don't conflict with the Guest's IP addresses.

I am using the public IP provided from my ISP on guest's eth0 and able to connect to Internet perfectly.

I have enabled Internet connection sharing on guest making eth1 the LAN interface.

I want this guest machine to act as a NAT+DHCP server for another laptop. But the other laptop is not any DHCP offer from the guest.

So is there some way I can get my dhcp-client laptop to register to the Host machine's Wireless interface without making the Host machine a dhcp server?

Thanks in advance!

[rcporto]

If you configure an static IP address on "another laptop" in same subnet of your guest eth1 you can ping the guest eth1 IP address from "another laptop" ?

[vmwarri0r]

No I can't.

OK maybe I should ask the question like this:

Is it possible to make a Guest dhcp-server give out IP addresses to real-world wireless dhcp-clients by using the Host's WLAN interface in bridge mode?

[TommyFreddy]

In order use DHCP  in VMnet1  your have have a access point from which wireless adapter can get IP address while configuring DHCP

[inetbas]

Hello,

VM workstation 10.0.3 build-1895310

Window7-64bit (latest updates)

Lenovo W530 32GB DRAM, 576 GB SSD capacity

Actually I had this working with VM Workstation 10 in the begin but since the last update I can't get to work anymore that my Wifi Adaptor uses a bridged VMnet.  I want it like the attach screenshot of VM virtual network adaptor. However I need to run VMnet 0 to my Wifi adaptor in NAT mode to get this working.  I want that the physical machine using the LAN adaptor uses VMnet 0  and the Wifi Adaptor uses VMnet 7.  In the Virtual Network adaptor this looks fine. I attach the LAN port of my VMware guest to VMnet 7. All looks fine but it does let my guest OS (Windows 7)  work over this bridged connection.  If I change VMnet0 to the Wifi port or the LAN port with NAT it is fine. But this is not what I want.

Brgds,

Bas.