If it's an orinoco/avaya/lucent based card then briding won't work on it - lucent only allows one MAC on the card and disables bridging ability.
On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:52 pm, o beckles wrote: > I don't brigde the wireless, I bridge the built-in ethernet card. Also be > reminded that it works fine in Mandrake 8.2 and if I use 9.0 with the 8.2 > kernel (2.4.18-6) is works fine. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Reser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 9:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Cooker] VMWare on Mandrake 9.0 > > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:03:50PM -0400, o beckles wrote: > > > VMWare's bridged networking does not work properly on my Toshiba Sat. > > > Pro 6100. It works on my desktop. > > > > > > Can anyone help me diagnose this problem? These are the facts I've > > > collected so far: > > > > > > 1. If I downgrade the kernel to 2.4.18-6 it works fine. > > > 2. If I used RedHat 8.0 is works fine. The kernel in RH is 2.4.18-14. > > > 3. Its works on my desktop which is Mandrake 9.0. > > > 4. VMWare is version 3.2. > > > . > > > > > > What can I provide to make diagnosis easier? > > > > If you're using a wireless card bridged won't work. This is a > > limitation of the 802.11b wireless protocol. > > > > -- > > Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://ben.reser.org > > > > Never take no as an answer from someone who isn't authorized to say yes. -- Jason Straight
