Internet problem with Fedora 10 as guest

pingpong · #1 21st October 2009, 10:23 AM

Hi everyone, I am facing a problem again with internet. My machine is HP Pavilion DV5. I am running Vista Home Premium as host and installed Fedora 10 as guest using Vmware Workstation 6.5.3 B185404. I am using wireless connection for Vista and use NAT for Fedora (as default). I cannot connect to the internet in Fedora. Is it because of the issue of driver for the wireless card in Fedora, not sure, coz Fedora just uses connection through the host right? I need to download packages and use for my program. Can someone please help me. Thank you in advance.

Regards

pingpong · #2 22nd October 2009, 04:28 PM

Is there someone who can help me out? Please please, don't simply leave after reading if you can help

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#3 22nd October 2009, 04:40 PM

Hello pingpong,
I am not familiar with using Vmware Workstation but if the Nat setting doesn't work I would try the internal network instead. There has also been some issue's with what adapter you choose for the vm client, so you might want to experiment with that also.
best of luck

forkbomb · #4 22nd October 2009, 05:15 PM

You don't need a wireless driver in Fedora. Fedora will think it's connecting to the internet through a wired ethernet NIC. And the drivers in the kernel should just work.

Try bridging the interface instead of NAT. But a wireless host connection can be dodgy with VMware.

I've also heard of issues with VMware WS on Vista mostly because Vista has a FUBARed TCP/IP stack.

(Also, begging is not particularly endearing.)

pingpong · #5 24th October 2009, 07:20 AM

So do you think if I install win7 as host, the problem could be solved?

diamond_ramsey · #6 24th October 2009, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pingpong

Hi everyone, I am facing a problem again with internet. My machine is HP Pavilion DV5. I am running Vista Home Premium as host and installed Fedora 10 as guest using Vmware Workstation 6.5.3 B185404. I am using wireless connection for Vista and use NAT for Fedora (as default). I cannot connect to the internet in Fedora. Is it because of the issue of driver for the wireless card in Fedora, not sure, coz Fedora just uses connection through the host right? I need to download packages and use for my program. Can someone please help me. Thank you in advance.

Regards

pingpong, thank you for your posts.

Have you tried searching the "http://search-www.vmware.com" web site?

http://search-www.vmware.com/socials...www&st=1&adv=0

Using Bridged Networking with a Wireless NIC -

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/760

"...
Details

My virtual machine cannot access the network using bridged networking. I am using a wireless network interface card. What is wrong?..."

Passing host wireless adapter network traffic to guest virtual machines -

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005256

"...
Purpose

This article provides steps for performing a network pass-through of a wireless network adapter from the host to the virtual machine and configuring wireless on the virtual machine only to communicate to your wireless network.

Resolution

VMware Workstation does not present wireless adapter devices to virtual machines, it only presents wired adapters. Virtual machines never see a wireless network device, but they can receive network traffic from the host wireless network adapter...."

As an idea, before trying the Windows 7...how about a try with VMware Server?

http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

You could try VirtualBox, too -

http://www.virtualbox.org/

Hope this helps.

forkbomb · #7 24th October 2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pingpong

So do you think if I install win7 as host, the problem could be solved?

Don't know, to be honest.

Did you try bridged networking? Did it work? You might also want to try the VMware forums - this seems a lot more like a VMware problem than a Fedora problem.

pingpong · #8 27th October 2009, 10:28 AM

Thank you very much for your help. I am just too busy at the moment to get back with my issues. I will try what you advised when I have time and will report certainly. Will be away for few days

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pingpong · #9 31st October 2009, 05:33 AM

Hi, I am back. Thanks for your help. I installed Fedora 11 and this is solved. Connect very well now. However I have to manually click on the network icon on the top bar and choose eth0 every time, why is it not automatically chosen and connected right after starting virtual machine? Also there is always an annoying AVS denial Selinux error message about mounting my share folder hgfs from host. I tried the command advised in the extended message to fix too but not to a success. Has anyone ever faced this?

diamond_ramsey · #10 31st October 2009, 09:24 AM

pingpong, thank you for your updated posts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pingpong

...I installed Fedora 11 and this is solved.

Most excellent!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by pingpong

...However I have to manually click on the network icon on the top bar and choose eth0 every time, why is it not automatically chosen and connected right after starting virtual machine? Also there is always an annoying AVS denial Selinux error message about mounting my share folder hgfs from host. I tried the command advised in the extended message to fix too but not to a success. Has anyone ever faced this?

Good questions, how's this.

I have read a these issues/problems before, so try searching for a resolution here at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/search.php if you are not able to find a resolution, then a "new" topic would be a grand way of addressing your update scooby.

Hope this helps.

pingpong · #11 31st October 2009, 10:37 AM

Hi, I face internet problem again. After disabling SELinux (using GUI and relabel on next reboot), I couldn't connect to the internet anymore. I tried to re-enable SELinux but it didn't help. So is it like one way, no return? Now I cant connect to internet anymore. I found this a so complicated system. Please help me.

pingpong · #12 31st October 2009, 04:59 PM

I haven't done anything and it is working again now after several enable and disable SELinux. I guess it may be a bug? However after having done things with SELinux I feel that it is running not normal like before but this should be filed in a new thread when I have time.Thank you all for your help. Cheers.

PP