VMWare as a networking alternative

[vamythguy]

On Jan 21, 2008 10:12 AM, Kenneth Lee <ken.lee at kennethlee.org> wrote:

> vmythguy,
>
> >I want to switch my laptop over to linux, but still plan to run an XP
> virtual host.  My laptop has a broadcom wireless card which seems to be
> troublesome.
> This is what I do.  I run F8 on a Dell D620 laptop, and vmware XP
> clients.  With the latest B43 modules with Network Manager, I don't
> have any network problems (none that I have noticed).  I do cringe if
> any of these modules are updated, and really don't like the latest
> vpnc client as the behavior has changed.  I also have problems with
> VMWare running on the latest kernel with a Dual Core processor - the
> linux client machine's clocks do not run at the same speed - usually a
> lot slower in my case.  Windows XP clients will "catch-up" every few
> minutes, so that hasn't really been a problem.  Broadcom 4311 chipset
> for networking
>
> I used to have a Dell D610 that had only a single core processor.  I
> didn't have any of these problems, though wireless networking
> (Broadcom 4318 chipset - painful) at first would only work with
> ndiswrapper at first with F7.  The Broadcom 4318 worked great with F8
> using the B43 modules once I downloaded the correct firmware files.
>
> >It seems that the reverse config (windows host, linux guest)
> would allow the linux virtual to hit the net via nat through the windows
> master.  Is the reverse possible, for the windows guest to provide net
> services to the linux master?
> You may have to ask this at the VMWare forums or open a support ticket
> there.  I can give you my opinion though.  Simply - No.  You can setup
> several networking options - host, bridged, nat - but the client
> always relies on the host.  (bridged seems to be the most common setup
> as you use the host card through the host, and the host creates a
> virutal default card type for the client to use.)
>
> If you cant get networking working with Linux as the host, then you
> will never have networking available to any client that you try to
> run.  The alternative is to run Windows as a host and linux as a
> client - this will almost always work, but for some reason, I could
> never set my machine up this way.
>
> Hope this helps, Ken
>
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I tried that, and both OS's run very very slow.  What's involved in using
the b43 drivers?
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