Not sure if this applies to vmplayer - but check your network settings to make sure the VM is granted access to run the network card in promisc mode.
With virtualbox, I know there is a setting to allow/disallow the virtual network interface the ability to go into promisc - making a bit of a guess here that vmplayer has the same set of controls...... On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 11:53 -0500, Todd Haverkos wrote: > Timothy Ouellette <[email protected]> writes: > > I am running into problems getting my Ethernet adapter in backtrack to > > run in promiscuous mode. > > > > Currently running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as the host OS with VM Player 4.02 > > installed. I setup Backtrack 5R2 as a Virtual Machine in player and > > all is working great, however i cannot figure out how to get the > > Ethernet adapter in promiscuous mode. > > > > Hi Timothy, > > I'm not sure if what you're attempting is possible (and I'd argue > that's a feature as, when using virtual machines defensively, or for > malware analysis, I surely wouldn't want a compromised guest OS having > access to host machine network traffic). On the other hand, I'm not > sure what that noPromisc setting really intends to do. > > When I want to see things at the host OS level, I'd probably take a > native tcpdump on the host Ubuntu server and then pull that file into > analysis in wireshark in the virtual machine. Another alternative is > to run Wireshark directly under the Ubuntu host OS (sudo apt-get > install wireshark). > > You probably already know, but whenever wireshark is mentioned, I feel > compelled to stress the importance of keeping Wireshark up to date to > minimize the chance of getting owned while analyzing possibly > malicious network traffic. > > Best Regards, > -- > Todd Haverkos, LPT MsCompE > http://haverkos.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
