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    VMWare 5.5 on Windows - Bridge to WLAN

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    • GruensFroeschliG
      GruensFroeschli
      last edited by

      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.

      We do what we must, because we can.

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        hoba
        last edited by

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

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        • GruensFroeschliG
          GruensFroeschli
          last edited by

          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.

          We do what we must, because we can.

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            jeroen234
            last edited by

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

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            • GruensFroeschliG
              GruensFroeschli
              last edited by

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

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

              We do what we must, because we can.

              Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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              • GruensFroeschliG
                GruensFroeschli
                last edited by

                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

                We do what we must, because we can.

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