Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:21:30 +0000 From: David Dooley <dpd@ngfl.gov.uk> To: Marc Fonvieille <fonvi@easynet.fr> Cc: David Dooley <dpd@ngfl.gov.uk>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, dpd@card.ngfl.gov.uk Subject: Re: VMWare and Bridged networking. Message-ID: <200111281321.fASDLUb39355@card.ngfl.gov.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from Marc Fonvieille <fonvi@easynet.fr> of "Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:19:02 %2B0100." <20011128131902.A20875@gothic.blackend.org>
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--==_Exmh_-1224063175P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:32:01AM +0000, David Dooley wrote: > > vmnet1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> > > mtu 1500 > > inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > ether 00:bd:b5:0e:00:01 > > > > I am not too sure what the IP address is or where it was gleaned from > > because the network I am on, in fact is, 193.63.51.64/26. The IP > > address may be a red herring as it would appear that the vmnet and > > the host interface are both running in promiscuous mode - > > > > lnc0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu > > 1500 > > inet 193.63.51.95 netmask 0xffffffc0 broadcast 193.63.51.127 > > ether 00:06:29:50:2f:a6 > > > > If any one can shed some light on these thoughts and enlighten me I > > would be most appreciative. > > > > At vmware build you chose netgraph bridging, and then it ask you for an > interface and an ip: you have to give the interface used to access to > the lan (lnc0 in your case) and give an FREE ip from your subnet. > Marc, sorry when doing the vmware 2 install, after selecting netgraph bridgeing I am only asked for the interface name (lnc0) not an ip address. then it says I have selected "lnc0" and "bridging" and then it caries on with the install an no time do I get asked for an ipaddress, am I doing something even more fundamentally wrong. David ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Dooley Unix Administrator - NGFL Internet Services BECTa Millburn Hill Road Science Park Coventry CV4 7JJ Tel: +44 24 7684 7112 Fax: +44 24 7684 7120 Email: david_dooley@becta.org.uk dpd@ngfl.gov.uk GPG Key FingerPrint=9C14 5FB6 9ECA 6918 72E3 3175 6BD9 B858 AE82 E3DC --==_Exmh_-1224063175P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 iD8DBQE8BOTZVE39zFuKNawRAlt8AJ9kcqB4KWrFY9Iyv4j+edpQO239WQCgkOhk Qqs0LCfl0TLS9cDDJEMpitg= =2YfK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1224063175P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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