[KLUG Members] VMware Bridging Question

[Adam Williams]

I can set VMware instances to "bridged" and they attach to the physical
ethernet interface on my laptop (eth0).  This works fine.

I see this process running -
12970 pts/3    S      0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d
/var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid /dev/vmnet0 eth0

I've also setup vmnet1 to be a bridge for eth1, which is my Orinoco
wireless card.

I see this process running -
12976 pts/3    S      0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d
/var/run/vmnet-bridge-1.pid /dev/vmnet1 eth1

Looks good.

Only setting a host to use vmnet1 as its interface doesn't work,  it
can't acquire a DHCP address - while setting as vmnet0 works (assuming I
have a cable plugged in).

Anybody else seen this?

VMwareWorkstation-4.0.0-4460