Hardy VMWare Server Network Connection

[Blind Tiger]

I successfully installed XP Pro as a guest OS on Ubuntu 8.04.1 using VMWare Server 1.0.6, yet I cannot connect to the internet using the bridged network.

• During intallation, the terminal correctly returned ". vmnet0 is bridged to eth0"
• the network adapter in virtual machine settings is set to bridged
• my host os connectivity is fine

Output from ifconfig is:

~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:d3:a6:d6:8b
inet addr:76.105.183.226 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.248.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:d3ff:fea6:d68b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:145865 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:98463 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:109959559 (104.8 MB) TX bytes:72502700 (69.1 MB)
Interrupt:19 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:13537 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:13537 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:17825644 (16.9 MB) TX bytes:17825644 (16.9 MB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:db:0b:24:5f
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-DB-0B-24-5F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 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 do not see any vmnet adapters listed, and this worries me. Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions?

[jimv]

I used to use VMWare until I found VirtualBox...I much recommend it over VMWare.

You can get the DEB here:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP...-F@CDS-CDS_SMI

(This isn't the opensource version, but it's still free, and supports USB and virtual SATA drives.)

[Blind Tiger]

jimv -- i have tried virtualbox also, briefly, after no success with vmware on gutsy, but aborted an install as it appeared to hang/fail, and consequently corrupted the data partition i had installed the virtual machine to!

anyway, i reconfigured vmware network setup to include nat and host only. i can connect with the nat adapter. my next bit of work is to install sonicwall vpn on the xp pro guest and connect to my office network. previously i could not acquire an ip address.

i am curious to know what you feel the advantages of virtualbox are, or in general why you prefer it? i have read many posts/articles on comparisons of the two.

-thanks

[jimv]

It's more just that VirtualBox feels more user friendly than VMWare, and it takes less HD space.

[Blind Tiger]

right on. well, i can't get my vpn to acquire an ip address yet, so maybe i'll give virtual box a try.

[Blind Tiger]

I am using VMware AMD PCnet adapter in NAT mode -- that is the only way I can get internet connectivity, but I cannot acquire an ip address with Sonicwall VPN. Any solutions?

output from ifconfig:

~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:d3:a6:d6:8b
inet addr:76.105.183.226 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.248.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:d3ff:fea6:d68b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:164849 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:49300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:108610118 (103.5 MB) TX bytes:6163998 (5.8 MB)
Interrupt:19 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:2326 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2326 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:112856 (110.2 KB) TX bytes:112856 (110.2 KB)

vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:01
inet addr:192.168.152.1 Bcast:192.168.152.255 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:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:49 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:172.16.14.1 Bcast:172.16.14.255 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:807 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:db:0b:24:5f
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-DB-0B-24-5F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


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