Hi there, I am testing an application that requires one of the virtual NIC to be in promiscuous mode. How can do this for a VMware Server running on XP?
I saw a number of posts regarding this, but they are all for VMware Server installed on Linux type boxes.
Host Machine: Dell Optiplex GX620
Host OS: Windows XP SP2
Host NIC1: embedded Broadcom NIC. Plugged into a Cisco switch port that is configured to "span with VLAN access control list". The switch is a Catalyst 4506 with an integrated IDS model. It was explained to me that they are copying the traffic that is going to the IDS module to this one port.
Host NIC2: Intel Pro desktop gig adapter
VMWare: the free VMWare server. Automatic Bridging disabled. VMnet0 bridged to the embedded Broadcom NIC. VMnet2 bridged tot he Intel Pro desktop NIC.
Guest OS: Windows Server 2003 R2
Guest NIC1: custom -- Bridged to VMnet0. Left in DHCP mode.
Guest NIC2: custom -- Bridged to VMnet2. Assigned a local LAN IP.
Requirement:
Put Guest NIC1 into a promiscuous mode that can read all those copied traffic that was destined for the IDS module.
Thanks!