Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] VM Ware or not?
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:31:53
Message-Id: 47A9382D.3060408@mykitchentable.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] VM Ware or not? by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:58:26 -0800, Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
3 >
4 >
5 >> I cannot get bridged netwokring to work, no matter what I try. I have
6 >> searched high and low for an answer, and I have spend hours
7 >> experimenting. Bridged networking broke for me when 2.6.21 came out
8 >> and has never worked since.
9 >>
10 >
11 > Is the host on a wired or wireless network? I found bridged wouldn't work
12 > over wireless, so I use NAT on my laptop.
13 >
14
15 There is a unofficial hack discussed at
16 http://communities.vmware.com/thread/95630?tstart=0&start=0. It has
17 worked for many but not for me. If anyone knows any other tricks, I'd
18 be happy to hear about them. I'm using a gentoo 2.6.23-r5 kernel with
19 the Broadcom 4311 driver.
20
21 Cheers,
22
23 Drew
24 >
25 >
26
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