Using bridged networking with a wireless NIC
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Issue/Introduction
- Your virtual machine cannot access the network using bridged networking.
- You are using a wireless network interface card.
Environment
| VMware Workstation 3.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 3.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 4.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 4.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 5.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 5.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 6.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 6.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 7.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 7.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 8.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 8.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 9.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 9.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 10.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 10.x (Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation 11.x (for Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation 11.x (for Windows) | ||
| VMware Workstation Pro 12.x (Linux) | ||
| VMware Workstation Pro 12.x (Windows) |
Resolution
Bridged networking with a wireless Ethernet adapter is supported in VMware Workstation 4 and later. If you are using older versions of these VMware products, you may want to upgrade to the latest version of Workstation to gain this capability.
If your host has a wireless network adapter, you cannot use bridged networking on Linux hosts in VMware Workstation 5 or lower and any hosts in VMware Workstation 3 or lower,. Under these products, if you want to run virtual machines on a host that uses wireless Ethernet adapters, you must configure your virtual machines to use NAT or host-only networking.
Note: Support for bridged networking does not guarantee that the virtual machine can successfully receive an IP address. IP addressing depends on the DHCP server. For more information about the networking types, see Understanding networking types in hosted products (1006480).
This table provides more information about reconfiguring network settings for your virtual machine:
| VMware Software Version | Bridged with Wireless Supported |
Use NAT Instead |
| Workstation Player 12.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation Pro 12.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Player 7.x and Player 7.x Pro (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 11.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Player 6.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 10.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Player 5.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 9.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Player 4.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 8.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Player 3.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 7.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 6.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 5.x (Windows hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 5.x (Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 4.5 (Windows hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 4.5 (Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 4.0 (Windows hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 4.0 (Linux hosts) |
X | |
| Workstation 3.x (Windows and Linux hosts) |
X |
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