From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 27 17:26:23 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55BDAD8B8C1 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emelville@anomali.com) Received: from mail-pg0-x230.google.com (mail-pg0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c05::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28FA5756B0 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emelville@anomali.com) Received: by mail-pg0-x230.google.com with SMTP id t186so18932755pgb.1 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:26:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=anomali.com; s=google; h=from:mime-version:subject:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=rHU9NtfzKvgbimeZ14X+Sgoms/xrxm6ksVpASPvXrOM=; b=JW9m8oVX84ZTl41FOwgYgann7R7S+moRt5cUMxh3be8etaXCq1P/gQN5FhOvdHoAIK 4930BDE/VADyZduMuyf5acmeASRnbR9Ak45P7+YwXqbzMkhvpw999zi70VRXYZsbIA8l 30jzUtHhSIDF8OI+HWkuGns2g4/4pA/U+bL2A= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:mime-version:subject:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=rHU9NtfzKvgbimeZ14X+Sgoms/xrxm6ksVpASPvXrOM=; b=odT2XXtcUjSIfUwrNRrLIRUtVfsF/GWnXdoU6pOO55K8cyW/4Ip4OY0+dbVaqO1tdq Vi7m8CXyuOX1xMw2WmPLWsoOw6d+vUzNs+z0i5i/RpkN0+1nV4weNoHtyYGnxGEk/946 pMlzQQe7i1VaV3XmkAT4bCHg6KKmctqbxPLBVe0POE8XsiXfCEkpk2aUCyzUFvMsUoN/ VC+UIvVYF/BhmTPyHV8bTGiXLhY/zRS9B8uZv1cnUQnviYdjCUns28iv9a5FgNXOIE6Y GfXv+1O2/LgoGH8MJm9rgo8JPljYIjTU6IqUzRFbQfPITEtO+2LWYMhvD5N9QO5msC5J y6Sw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOwz2onMpcQASp3qyYWC9XdD1ZkvjRyqQYnevVLrmbzcAK2gznrL 4zZe72gLFkqKElah X-Received: by 10.101.73.135 with SMTP id r7mr6302423pgs.21.1498584382453; Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:26:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.18.5.18] (50-1-114-34.dedicated.static.sonic.net. [50.1.114.34]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q7sm7780060pfk.108.2017.06.27.10.26.21 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:26:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Eric Melville X-Google-Original-From: Eric Melville Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: FreeBSD on VMware In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:26:35 -0700 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <17B544B8-2B4A-4181-AED1-703F9C42E366@anomali.com> References: To: Monah Baki X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:26:23 -0000 > If I configure FreeBSD as Bridged: connected directly to the physical > network, which is what I want, no IP gets assigned to the interface. >=20 >=20 > 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.=