VMNet0 not running problem

[Lil]

Hi,

First the context :

\- XP Media Center (up to date)

\- VMWare Workstation 5.5.3

\- Sony Vaio PC VGC VA1

\- One ethernet card connected

\- One wireless embedded, on but not not connected

This message appears when starting a VM and thus this VM has no bridged network.

I have browsed many messages on forums and tried a few things, uninstall/install even with a command line to clean the previous install ...

Nothing appears to work so far.

Any help would be great !

PS : I tried installing the same VMWare Workstation on another PC (Vaio laptop) and everything is just fine on this one.

[KevinG]

Check the properties for the physical network adapter and make sure that the VMware Bridge Protocol is listed and has a check mark next to it.

Confirm that you are Bridged to the correct physical network adapter on the host.

Select "Edit" -> " Virtual Network Settings"

Uncheck "Automatically choose an available physical network adapter to bridge to vmnet0" This is located on the "Automatic Bridge" tab

Select the "Host Virtual Network Mapping" tab and select the physical network adapter that you want to bridge to vmnet0 in the dropdown menu for vmnet0

Post the output from " ipconfig /all " from the host

Copy / paste the contents of the .vmx file here

[Lil]

Thank you for your quick answer.

I had to add the "VMWare Bridge Protocol" in the physical net adapter properties as it was not listed. Thank you for that.

"Automatically choose ..." cannot be unchecked as it is disabled.

The vmnet0 drop down is empty in "Host Virtual Network Mapping".

Here is the IPCONFIG /ALL result (sorry, in french) :

Configuration IP de Windows

Nom de l'hôte . . . . . . . . . . : VAIOMedia

Suffixe DNS principal . . . . . . :

Type de nœud . . . . . . . . . . : Mixte

Routage IP activé . . . . . . . . : Non

Proxy WINS activé . . . . . . . . : Non

Carte Ethernet VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8

Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-50-56-C0-00-08

DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Non

Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.153.1

Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . :

Carte Ethernet VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1

Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-50-56-C0-00-01

DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Non

Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1

Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . :

Carte Ethernet Connexion au réseau local:

Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-15-F2-CC-37-FC

DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Oui

Configuration automatique activée . . . . : Oui

Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5

Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Serveur DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Serveurs DNS . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

192.168.1.1

Bail obtenu . . . . . . . . . . . : mercredi 14 mars 2007 06:49:21

Bail expirant . . . . . . . . . . : mercredi 21 mars 2007 06:49:21

Carte Ethernet Connexion réseau sans fil:

Statut du média . . . . . . . . . : Média déconnecté

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g miniPCI Adapter

Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-14-A4-72-D5-B4[/b]

Here is the VMX file :

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

memsize = "512"

floppy0.fileName = "A:"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

usb.present = "TRUE"

displayName = "KS-TestComputer"

priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "v2v-Disque dur de KS-TestComputer.vmdk"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide0:0.filename = "auto detect"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:b7:41:c2"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ethernet1.present = "TRUE"

ethernet1.addressType = "generated"

ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:b7:41:cc"

ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"

guestOS = "winnetstandard"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ide0:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"

ethernet1.startConnected = "TRUE"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

uuid.location = "56 4d 71 09 10 0a 46 de-7d 99 24 d5 f9 b7 41 c2"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 71 09 10 0a 46 de-7d 99 24 d5 f9 b7 41 c2"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

ide0:0.autodetect = "TRUE"[/b]

Thank you for your help

[KevinG]

Have you exited out of the VMware Workstation application and restarted it after adding the VMware Bridge protocol or rebooted the host?

[Lil]

I did stop/start WMWare but I also had to restart computer to enable everything.

Thank you again everything works now, and for those having the same problem here is the full solution (which worked for me) to avoid you reading the full post :

\- access the network connections in Windows control panel

\- double click the chosen network adapter for bridging

\- add the "VMWare Bridge Protocol" if not found

-> browse to the VMWare installation dir (default C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation)

-> choose "netbridge.inf"

\- restart computer

\- open Edit..Virtual Network Settings

\- go to the "Automatic Bridge" tab

\- unckeck "Automatically choose an available physical network adapter to bridge to vmnet0"

\- go to the "Host Virtual Network Mapping" tab

\- select the network adapter in the Vmnet0 drop down list

\- click ok

Hope this will help someone else.

[KevinG]

Glad to hear that it is now working

[Lil]

Just another info after the solution.

After setting the vmnet0 as described above I discovered that the bridged network did not work. My VM was unable to connect the internet.

Solution :

\- shutdown the VM

\- open the VWare Network settings

\- in the DHCP tab remove the DHCP activated for vmnet0

\- click OK

\- restart VM

This way the VM will be a DHCP client as the host computer.

Bye