From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 28 19:17:22 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 9005DDA8307 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from monahbaki@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qk0-x22c.google.com (mail-qk0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22c]) (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 4B8008409F for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from monahbaki@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qk0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id 16so59333852qkg.2 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:17:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=eg3lR78VLeMac93m6DmuxR7DPky5HQXc6JuIqw4B3Cg=; b=dhR5cFxXgkLkQRY8gJFCpRxYO+x7oH5uXhMh4hLNWJ8+ykmoSYFyAdyyvbzLoGg9tU 6b+kPfRrvJRLppNyvlmPyV+W1/QkZxPLr1ScYAIqZ3LYAelJGfiI2LP62s3HtxhXW2QK AuNIMb6+rKzKGZ0Ae1AAf/UTcgzr9bVWnDyyebUMUXoUOsBx5J4XgrDLIf1U+V2O+Ozi TlXwA+fCCgSUVXVsvq6AmZSgf7tdJ1wwXJ9yWOdca/DxUKYBnE56olFGmDo1NqMUMXOJ qSF3LccUhR+Ugyn2uMlSKBD6HCMJE+KuxDLAWJgnOH7Si9rOhwK7ueLmFLX0QqcyIupk tUZQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=eg3lR78VLeMac93m6DmuxR7DPky5HQXc6JuIqw4B3Cg=; b=g/g3Un1SUICgm5AgSXC80KxXMRpQuOH7C/AF61ErocxpR2KJOWQGQLv2Y2v6ld/ggT du/BdGgqJUjjhmkSk4zPfhmgzSwyrHS/pL5OOkUEYMrw9ItNdzmgCUDWv339CAGq+nMc D9HqoHoOMWffjCOdzq292VGdhBklRT/wPFbRZ/JcNFMSuFNpSMg3/fqeF1bXc4+mAsZw mPlSgByZHMBtokO9/x3t6ox3wZl4ZIN/TLBS0cZosiS6O/BOVYMd2l0Hgr6KxGXRNG9L WMxo2LxLShWBwDahuTILi4h4qzIMWjQphlLIGnZQKXNN01JV7noUy5SElpuQVkLxt8Ly hluA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOyAo/i37vlkmc6M+q4ZScAyVW7oM0SkFhNPf9/S2Bc53rN2lhgv kn16rg1CauYQu8T4inLKE0skpBQSLGhp X-Received: by 10.55.25.13 with SMTP id k13mr14715342qkh.208.1498677440677; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:17:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.200.47.179 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:17:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <17B544B8-2B4A-4181-AED1-703F9C42E366@anomali.com> References: <17B544B8-2B4A-4181-AED1-703F9C42E366@anomali.com> From: Monah Baki Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:17:00 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD on VMware To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 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: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:17:22 -0000 Ok peeps, I solved the dilemma First off, you need to bridge VMware Network Adapter VMnet8 (just this in bridge mode) Second on your FreeBSD your first network adapter set it to Bridge, then create another adapter and set it to NAT Bootup FreeBSD em0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=9b ether 00:0c:29:73:3b:d4 inet 192.168.1.16 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 nd6 options=29 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT ) status: active em1: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=9b ether 00:0c:29:73:3b:de nd6 options=29 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT ) status: active Hope this helps Monah On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Eric Melville wrote: > > 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.