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Date:      06 Sep 2000 21:53:35 -0500
From:      Michael Harnois <mdharnois@home.com>
To:        "Vladimir Silyaev" <vsilyaev@mindspring.com>
Cc:        "Brian Beattie" <beattie@beattie-home.net>, <emulation@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: vmware2 networking question
Message-ID:  <868zt4lxow.fsf@mharnois.workgroup.net>
In-Reply-To: "Vladimir Silyaev"'s message of "Wed, 6 Sep 2000 19:46:45 -0700"
References:  <000501c017a3$b1995ce0$e40ffea9@vt.ny.us> <86lmx6yyzq.fsf@mharnois.workgroup.net> <000501c0180c$a0431940$e40ffea9@vt.ny.us> <86zolly2a2.fsf@mharnois.workgroup.net> <000c01c01875$dfca6f00$f5c9aec7@vt.ny.us>

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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 19:46:45 -0700, "Vladimir Silyaev" <vsilyaev@mindspring.com> said:

    > Could you describe [hardware] configuration in which vmware
    > guest works without enabled bridiging, and doesn't work at all
    > with enabled bridged.

dc0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 24.14.126.45 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 24.14.126.255
        ether 00:a0:cc:3d:00:ae 
        media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active
        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP none
dc1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        ether 00:20:78:04:35:83 
        media: autoselect (100baseTX) status: active
        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP none
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
faith0: flags=8000<MULTICAST> mtu 1500
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
vmnet1: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.254.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.254.255
        ether 00:bd:4d:05:00:01 

with bridging enabled, the syslog produces multiple entries like

-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (1) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc1 from dc0 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc1 from dc0 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (1) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc1 from dc0 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.10.a4.f4.a5.73 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (0) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc0 from dc1 (active)
-- loop (1) 00.40.d0.0e.75.a2 to dc1 from dc0 (active)

These messages cease with bridging disabled.

    > I did a testing with 3COM card with xl driver. It works without
    > any problems.

Then perhaps there is something in your software configuration which
has not been explained to the rest of us.

-- 
Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA 
mdharnois@home.com                      aa0bt@aa0bt.ampr.org 
 Paranoids are people, too; they have their own problems. 
 It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, 
 you'd be paranoid too. -- D. J. Hicks


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