On Mon 29 Jan 2007 21:17, John Andersen wrote:
Which wizard suggested that switch?
IMHO: its a BAD IDEA(tm)
1)Bridged requires that your nic be aliased (run in promiscuous mode) and it requires that it obtain an additional IP via dhcp. While this is usually possible on a real nic, its quite likely that dial-up or ADSL will nor support more than one IP per nic. Neither will many (if not most) wireless nics. This is usually a show stopper.
2)Bridged exposes your VM to the net which in turn means you have to start worrying about running a firewall in the VM and all the other issues you encounter when putting a machine on the net.
This is the beauty of VmWare nat. First, it just works. Second it provides a layer of protection to the VMs, allowing you to run vulnerable OSs there (read Windows) without the need to run resource hogging virus scanners.
So, short answer: Even if point 1 didn't kill you, point 2 makes it a bad idea.
This is most likely NOT a firewall issue. Bridged runs beside your firewall, not behind it.
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