Can't access the internet on my virtual machine using VMWare

Question

On my physical laptop I have Windows 7 installed along with VMWare 7. Now I create a virtual machine and installed Linux Mint 9 on it and everything works on the virtual machine.

When I try to access the internet from inside my VM I don't have any connection except one called: "auto eth0" listed as an available connection.

When I try to click that connection the 'connecting' animation runs, but nothing else happens.

What can I do thanks.

Picture of Adapter settings.

Answer 1

If you have multiple network adapters (including both virtual and hardware) installed, go to each one and make sure that "VMware Bridge Protocol" is only checked on the adapter you actually connect to the internet with. In my case, I have some virtual adapters installed by VMware, my bluetooth radio, and an extra wifi adapter installed by my wireless drivers (for connection sharing). VMware will by default install this Bridge protocol on all adapters it did not install itself, and even if you only use one network adapter, there might be extra virtual ones confusing VMware.

Answer 2

1. Is the virtual network adapter that is added connecting/mapping to the physical network having the connection to the internet (you may have multiple physical networks)

2. Make sure that the virtual network adapter is connected in bridged or NAT.

3. Make sure you do not need any special drivers for the operating system to discover the internet. (USB driver/Wifi driver or software)