Networking with VMware Player, two different NIC's

[jaydee]

I am running Ubuntu as the host OS, with two virtual machines that will have CentOS 6. My host machine has two NIC's (eth0, eth1), and I would like to attach one VM to "eth0" and the other VM to "eth1" (I need to keep the two VM's on separate VLANs).

I don't see any sort of option for selecting a network adapter for a virtual machine in the settings. How do I force VMWare to use a specific NIC?

If this should be in *nix Software forum, let me know, but I assume this works the same way in Windows...

 

[KentState]

VM's don't directly reference NICS, but virtual networks. You can then setup the virtual networks to point to a specific physical network card. In Workstation, there is a Virtual Network Editor under the Edit menu option.

 

[jaydee]

VM's don't directly reference NICS, but virtual networks. You can then setup the virtual networks to point to a specific physical network card. In Workstation, there is a Virtual Network Editor under the Edit menu option.

Right, I have VMWare Player though, not Workstation... I have two VM's, and two NIC cards, but both VM's default to the same network interface, that is identified with "eth0" in the host machine. If I "ifdown eth0", then the VM's will default to host machine network interface "eth1", but as soon as I bring eth0 back up, the VM's revert back.

 

[KentState]

Maybe this will help.

http://www.serverwatch.com/server-tutorials/creating-custom-virtual-networks-for-vmware-player.html

 

[jaydee]

Thanks! Looks like I've got it working.