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Unable to use multiple interfaces / VMNet

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We are trying to set up the VMWare Server Beta 2 on a Linux host to use multiple bridged interfaces:

 

"The following bridged networks have been defined:

. vmnet0 is bridged to eth0

. vmnet1 is bridged to eth1.72"

 

When we set a virtual server to use VMNet1 we get the following error:

 

"Could not open VMnet1: No such file or directory

Virtual device Ethernet0 will start disconnected."

 

There is a /dev/vmnet1 device

 

GSIDEVVH01 dev # ls -la vm*

crw-------  1 root root  10, 165 Apr 27 03:41 vmmon

crw-------  1 root root 119,   0 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet0

crw-------  1 root root 119,   1 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet1

crw-------  1 root root 119,   2 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet2

crw-------  1 root root 119,   3 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet3

crw-------  1 root root 119,   4 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet4

crw-------  1 root root 119,   5 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet5

crw-------  1 root root 119,   6 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet6

crw-------  1 root root 119,   7 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet7

crw-------  1 root root 119,   8 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet8

crw-------  1 root root 119,   9 Apr 27 03:40 vmnet9

 

GSIDEVVH01 dev # cat /etc/vmware/netmap.conf

\# This file is automatically generated.

\# Hand-editing this file is not recommended.

network0.name = "vlan72"

network0.device = "/dev/vmnet1"

 

How can we use multiple vmnet devices bridged to multiple interfaces in Linux?

 

Thanks,

Jeremy


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