I have installed VMServer 1.0.1 build-29996 on FC 5 Kernel 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5. The physical machine is an IBM T40 with an internal Ethernet card and the infamous 2200BG (driver version 1.1.4). The physical Ethernet in bridge mode works wonderfully; However, the virtual NIC in the guest OS that represents the host's wireless card does not obtain an IP.
I spoke to my network folks and they indicate that no security violations are being reported on the wireless AP's nor do they see the virtual MAC attempting to gain AP access. The wireless network uses WPA-TSK with PEAP.
Any thoughts on how I can get the guest OS to use the physical wireless interface? Below are some additional details.
When I ran vmware-config.pl it binds and successfull starts. Below is the text output
\[root@001-002361 Windows XP Professional]# service vmware status
At least one instance of VMware Server is still running.
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 is running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 is running
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet2 is running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
NAT networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
Module vmmon loaded
Module vmnet loaded[/b]
Guest (IPCONFIG /ALL)
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : t40
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : primary.domain.suffix
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : primary.domain.suffix
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : primary.domain.suffix
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-4B-32-9F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 163.232.6.16
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.192
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 163.232.6.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 163.232.22.22
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 163.232.3.230
163.232.2.254
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 163.232.22.10
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 163.232.22.11
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:12:01 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 28, 2006 3:12:01 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-4B-32-A9
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.23.90
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :[/b]
Host (ifconfig -a)
\[root@001-002361 ~]# ifconfig -a
dev1804289383 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:A7:7A:26
inet addr:163.232.9.7 Bcast:163.232.9.127 Mask:255.255.255.128
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fea7:7a26/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:26114 errors:6145 dropped:6183 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:121481160 (115.8 MiB) TX bytes:12761327 (12.1 MiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 Memory:c0200000-c0200fff
*NOTE FROM POSTER* The above device represents the wireless NIC.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:60:10:0D:E4
inet addr:163.232.6.17 Bcast:163.232.6.63 Mask:255.255.255.192
inet6 addr: fe80::20d:60ff:fe10:de4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:9361152 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6871767 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:280259323 (267.2 MiB) TX bytes:458739272 (437.4 MiB)
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:2644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2313990 (2.2 MiB) TX bytes:2313990 (2.2 MiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:172.16.56.1 Bcast:172.16.56.255 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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 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:172.16.248.1 Bcast:172.16.248.255 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:752 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
VMX File Contents
virtualHW.version = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "256"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"
ide0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "/dev/cdrom"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
displayName = "Windows XP Professional"
guestOS = "winxppro"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
powerType.powerOff = "hard"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "hard"
ide0:0.redo = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 8e 95 5b 55 74 38-87 f7 36 87 13 4b 32 9f"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 8e 95 5b 55 74 38-87 f7 36 87 13 4b 32 9f"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:4b:32:9f"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
ethernet0.vnet = "/dev/vmnet0"
Ethernet1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet1.addressType = "generated"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:4b:32:a9"
ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"
Ethernet1.connectionType = "custom"
Ethernet1.vnet = "/dev/vmnet2"
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Thanks,