Esx has a flag in the configuration also to deny promisc. Check the
txt configuration for in the vm.

Note: promisc will not work on a wireless interface on a windows host.
I tried that and remember it failing.

On 15/05/2012, at 11:14, Steve Passino <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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/
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