Network Configuration: DHCP, Wrong {Address|Subnet|Type}

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I’m working from a fresh install of 12.3 (x64) on a VMware 5 virtual machine.

I seem to be doing something wrong:

> sudo /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:55:46:FB
inet addr:172.16.48.173 Bcast:172.16.48.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1708 (1.6 Kb) TX bytes:4622 (4.5 Kb)

> sudo cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=‘eth0’
BOOTPROTO=‘dhcp4’
STARTMODE=‘auto’
ONBOOT=‘yes’
BROADCAST=’’
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=’’
IPADDR=’’
MTU=’’
NAME=’’
NETMASK=’’
NETWORK=’’
REMOTE_IPADDR=’’
USERCONTROL=‘no’

I should be getting an address in the 172.16.1.x range (I verified the range on my DHCP server). Also, the Network Interfaces Information widget (KInfoCenter on the desktop) reports the media type is broadcast rather than a flavor of ethernet.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

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In the VMWare, I think you might have selected the NAT option in Network.Select bridged connection in Network in your virtual machine settings.