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Archive => 15.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: fauk on February 25, 2015, 11:01:21 am

Title: [SOLVED] WAN Interface for a virtual machine in VMware
Post by: fauk on February 25, 2015, 11:01:21 am

Hello Community,

I installed OPNSENSE on a virtual machine which is hosted by VMWare. I get the message that asks me for my WAN Interface name but I don´t know what the programm expects. Auto detection doesn´t work. What is asked here?

Title: Re: WAN Interface for a virtual machine in VMware
Post by: weust on February 25, 2015, 11:22:35 am

I take it your on the console? Above the question you will see the interfaces.
em0, em1, etc. Naming will depend on the system. Hyper-V calls them he0, he1, etc.

And in VMware you probably made a virtual switch which has a physical NIC to which your WAN cable is connected.
If you set the VM to have a list a NICs you probably would add the first NIC and connect that to the virtual switch which is connected to your WAN NIC.
That would be the one to choose then.

Title: Re: WAN Interface for a virtual machine in VMware
Post by: rost on February 25, 2015, 11:28:07 am

Look at mac address in OPN and in vmware
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zTIXvp3Rtss/VBsutULCVzI/AAAAAAAABps/C2B7BAiKZlY/s1600/4.png)
or
(http://i.stack.imgur.com/aI8tv.png)

AND do not forget about bridge mode!

Title: Re: WAN Interface for a virtual machine in VMware
Post by: fauk on February 26, 2015, 09:50:57 am

hello,

the Mac Adresses didn´t work but VM called them em0 to emx. Opnsense installed just fine now, thanks for your help :)