VMWare 5.5 on Windows - Bridge to WLAN

GruensFroeschli · Oct 26, 2006, 11:40 AM

Ok here's my Problem.
I'm running VMWare 5.5 on Windows XP.
I've bridged my WLAN-card and my Ethernet-NIC to a virtual PfSense (1.0 release).

physical virtual
cable –> WAN
WLAN --> LAN

On the WAN side i recieve a dynamic IP.
In Windows i create an ad-hoc network on WLAN.

Now whenever a client connects to this WLAN he recieves a IP from the pfSense-DHCP and can connect to the pfSense (Webinterface) but he doesn't get routed to the internet.

could anyone give me a tipp why not?
Thanks in advance.

hoba · Oct 26, 2006, 3:18 PM

Did you create rules at the bridged interfaces that allows traffic?

GruensFroeschli · Oct 27, 2006, 1:21 PM

I dont bridge in PfSense. I want to use it as a NAT-Router.
I mean I've bridged (with VmWare) the Physical Interfaces (LAN / WLAN) to the Virtual PfSense.

It looks to me as if PfSense does not route at all since i cann access it and the virtual Pf has access to internet.

jeroen234 · Oct 27, 2006, 9:57 PM

bridge the real wan port with vmware to the pfsense wan port

GruensFroeschli · Oct 28, 2006, 5:53 AM

you mean like this?
that's how it currently is:

WLAN (physical) –----vmwarebridge----- ---WAN (virtual pf)
LAN (physical----------vmwarebridge--------LAN (virtual pf)

GruensFroeschli · Oct 29, 2006, 4:27 PM

i did some more testing and somehow i believe that VmWare Bridging and WLAN dont go well together ^^"

when i'm at home in and bridge the virtual pfsense WAN to hostmachine WLAN the pfsense recieve an IP from my wlan but cant communicate with anything on WAN. i cant even ping the hostmachine.

i searched some forums and read some threads that VmWare Bridging is newly working on linux but i didnt find any information about windows so i assumed it is working, but apparently it is not :D