Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:26:35 -0700 From: Eric Melville <emelville@anomali.com> To: Monah Baki <monahbaki@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on VMware Message-ID: <17B544B8-2B4A-4181-AED1-703F9C42E366@anomali.com> In-Reply-To: <CALP3=x9FH0wH7jEhb5=kgmTJg8B_5Y_4=Nmcdzr1mpHFFd=raQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALP3=x9FH0wH7jEhb5=kgmTJg8B_5Y_4=Nmcdzr1mpHFFd=raQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> If I configure FreeBSD as Bridged: connected directly to the physical > network, which is what I want, no IP gets assigned to the interface. > > > Any idea why? Wireless is great for laptops but generally wired ethernet works much better with VM environments. There are various hacks in certain hypervisors, but promiscuous mode on the wire simply works and on top of that modern cards have enhancements to further support virtualization.
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