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


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