Problems using two bridged adaptors on VM's

[Moonranger]

I have a high end Dell Precision I'm running three VM's on.  The first network adaptor on the VM's is bridged to the company network so they are accessible by it.  I then created a new virtual network and bridged it to a different network port (have an onboard port with another dual port NIC).  I have a Siemens PLC plugged into that port and I wanted the VM's to have access to it via private network.  When I add the second bridged network to the VM's the first one stops communicating and they can't be accessed from the company network.

Has anyone ran into this sort of problem and know how to fix it?

Thanks!

Moonranger

[continuum]

If two bridged vmnets dont work as expected check requirements:

you need to set this is in Virtual Network Editor

- vmnet0 assigned to a specific nic - not using automatic bridging

- vmnet2 assigned to a different specific nic - not using automatic bridging

Per VM you need this entries:

ethernet0.present= "true"

ethernet0.startConnected = "true"

ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"

ethernet0.vnet = "vmnet0"

and

ethernet1.present= "true"

ethernet1.startConnected = "true"

ethernet1.connectionType = "custom"

ethernet1.vnet = "vmnet2"

Note !:

this is not what you get if you leave it the vmx-file creation to the GUI !!!

Do not use the shorthand version for bridged nics that the GUI may give you:

ethernet0.present= "true"

ethernet0.startConnected = "true"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

and

ethernet1.present= "true"

ethernet1.startConnected = "true"

ethernet1.connectionType = "bridged"

In short:

if you find

connectionType = "bridged"

in your vmx-file then fix the vmx-file and make sure your config is not ambiguos.