If you're using bridging, why aren't you seeing the vmware interfaces? Please show the output of ifconfig when vmware is running.
I don't know why it didn't show. I rebooted and it now shows: black-kdavzbpz3:/home/james # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:6C:3B:85:07 inet addr:192.168.1.123 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::201:6cff:fe3b:8507/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1523 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:873 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:253155 (247.2 Kb) TX bytes:122704 (119.8 Kb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:592 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:592 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:61040 (59.6 Kb) TX bytes:61040 (59.6 Kb) vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08 inet addr:172.16.102.1 Bcast:172.16.102.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) I don't know if this helps too, but in Windows 2000 running on VMWare ipconfig /all shows: C:\>ipconfig /all Windows 2000 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jw-pa9irtwlmhi0 Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : blackriverproduce.com Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : blackriverproduce.com Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : blackriverproduce.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Adapte r Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-61-36-43 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.139 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7 192.168.1.4 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:07:35 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:07:35 PM James W