Problems with bridge network

[e***@gmail.com]

Hello

I am running Vm Worstation 5.5.3 under linux. The bridge network is
defined as follows:

. vmnet0 is bridged to dev1804289383
. vmnet2 is bridged to eth0

and


Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor [ OK ]
Virtual ethernet [ OK ]
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ OK ]
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ OK ]
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet2 [ OK ]
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ OK ]
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ]


However when I try to run Xp (host), vmware returns

The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is temporarily down because
the bridged Ethernet interface is down. The virtual machine may not
be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your
network.


What could be the problem?

Many thanks

Ed

[kreiggers]

Post by e***@gmail.com
I am running Vm Worstation 5.5.3 under linux. The bridge network is
. vmnet0 is bridged to dev1804289383
. vmnet2 is bridged to eth0

I'm assuming that you have two physical network cards? The device
listed for vmnet0 looks wrong. I have no idea what dev1804289383 is
supposed to be. I'd expect to see eth0, eth1, eth2 or something. Are
you sure your host OS sees both interfaces?

Try bringing dev1804289383 down with 'ifdown dev1804289383' and then
bringing it up again with 'ifup dev1804289383'

What is configured in your /etc/networking/interfaces file?

Post by e***@gmail.com
However when I try to run Xp (host), vmware returns
The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is temporarily down because
the bridged Ethernet interface is down. The virtual machine may not
be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your
network.
What could be the problem?

I believe to have two bridged networks you have to have two physical
network interfaces. If one of your vmnets is already bridged to eth0
then you need another interfacefor the other vmnet to bridge to. I
suspect your host's configuration but don't know without looking at
your interfaces config.