I’m currently running bridged networking and I’m lost.
I’m new to Linux as a whole and I’m sure running it in a VM complicates things further.
I searched this forum and found a thread about some files named with the MAC address DHCP was trying to use, but when I go into /etc/sysconfig/network I do not see any such files. I’ve poked around a bit in the files but don’t see anything related to the MAC address. Is it because I’m using 11 and not 10.x?
Can someone help me please or point me somewhere that has the information I need?
Thanks!
EDIT: I do notice that when I run ifconfig the HWaddr is different from the one in my host machine. Is this the reason why?
If you are running Open Suse as a guest on a bridged virtual network then its virtual network interface will need both things: a different ip address in the IP range corresponding to the subnet where the host is located and a MAC address different than that of the host that will be provided by Vmware when creating/installing the guest.
Assuming your host network traffic goes to the internet via the physical nic without any problem and that a DHCP server is available in your network, you only have to log in to Open Suse and, as root, configure the guest nic to get its IP stack data using Yast.
Log in to Open Suse
Start a root session (su - root)
Run Yast:
Yast -> Network Devices -> Network card
Yast will detect your nic and display a window with several panels to configure it.
You go to Overview, select your nic and DHCP mode.
If your DHCP server is configured correctly, it will provide all the data needed: ip address, dns servers addresses, and default geteway.
That’s will be enough to make your guest nic get all the IP stack data needed to connect to the Internet.