FWIW, while the lnc device reports as 10Mbit, it'll actually do more. It's still slower than either the vmware tools driver or the e1000 interface, but it's definitely faster than 10Mbit.
--Bill On 4/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm planning to get pfSense running inside vmware, so to have routing and > firewall functions within the hosts attached to the internal virtual switches. > However, as far as I got to know, 10 Mbps functionality only would be > obtainable out of the interfaces of the virtual machines, unless Vmware Tools > are properly installed into the guest operating system, along with the > benefit of 100 Mbps speed. For such reason, I thought to add Vmware Tools to > the VM hosting the pfSense software but, unfortunately, the pfSense > installation image does not come with a suitable perl interpreter, as > required by the Vmware Tools installation process. > > > Thank you for any hint on this subject, pfSense installation image shipped in > the future with a perl interpreter bundled altogether perhaps? > > Best regards > > Marco Masotti > > >
