[driverloader] Re: Driverloader 1.53 and VMware under SuSE 9.0

Urs mueller newsuser at bf-net.ch
Mon Dec 29 00:53:00 EST 2003


Regis \HPReg\ Duchesne sagte:

> VMware Workstation (I assume that is the product you are referring to)
> can't bridge to a wireless NIC. See
> http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/common/wireless_net.html
> for details.

Did read that, and wondered... because

> Consequently, it is not possible to do what you want, whether you are
> using a stable DriverLoader, a buggy DriverLoader, or no DriverLoader at
> all.

I am using a beta version of VMware Windows 4.xx under Win XP and there,
I can successfully use bridged networking on my wlan... Strange

>
> However, be assured that VMware, Inc. is working hard towards getting
> rid of that limitation. I can't give you an ETA though. In the meantime,
> you can establish IP connectivity (which is sufficient for most uses)
> for your VM:

Under Linux (main mode on my thinkpad), I changed all my VMwares to
Nat and that works mostly ok.

Greetings, Urs Mueller, Berne, Switzerland




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