On Mon 29 Jan 2007 21:17, John Andersen wrote:
> Which wizard suggested that switch?
>
> IMHO: its a BAD IDEA(tm)
>
> 1)Bridged requires that your nic be aliased (run in promiscuous mode)
> and it requires that it obtain an additional IP via dhcp. While
> this is usually possible on a real nic, its quite likely that dial-up
> or ADSL will nor support more than one IP per nic. Neither
> will many (if not most) wireless nics. This is usually a show
> stopper.
>
> 2)Bridged exposes your VM to the net which in turn means you
> have to start worrying about running a firewall in the VM and
> all the other issues you encounter when putting a machine on
> the net.
>
> This is the beauty of VmWare nat. First, it just works. Second it
> provides a layer of protection to the VMs, allowing you to run
> vulnerable OSs there (read Windows) without the need to run
> resource hogging virus scanners.
>
> So, short answer: Even if point 1 didn't kill you, point 2
> makes it a bad idea.
>
> This is most likely NOT a firewall issue. Bridged runs beside your
> firewall, not behind it.
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- that was suggested, when running :
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Thank you . . . have re-done it NAT only.
kind regards
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