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How to enable networking on a VMware Installation of Mac OSx86

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Note: Before attempting anything, make sure that a Ethernet virtual device is added to your VM in VMware

Important Note: The best known working mode for networking on OS X on VMware is Bridged. If you are having trouble, you should try setting the Ethernet Controller to bridged.

Method 1: EthernetVirtualDev

Add the ethernet0.virtualDev="e1000" line to the VMX configuration file

Method 2: Maxxuss AMDPCNET Driver

• Download the Maxxuss driver here
• Unzip the file to extract the ISO
• Mount the ISO in VMware
• Make sure you have Ethernet enabled in VMware (host-only, bridged, NAT, etc.)
• Boot the virtual machine (there should be a Maxxuss CD icon)
• Open the Maxxuss CD
• Go into the MaxxussAMDPCNET folder
• Create a new folder called 'network' (without quotations) on the desktop
• Copy all the contents of the MaxxussAMDPCNET folder in the CD into the 'network' folder
• Now copy just the MaxxussAMDPCNET.kext file inside the Maxxuss folder to your home folder (/Users/<yourusername>)
• Open a terminal window
• Type in the following command and press Enter

• When prompted for your password, enter itIf all goes well, the command should silently complete with no messages on the screen and it should return to a blank command promptIf you see some sort of error, write it down and send me a message or post a topic in the forums
• Now, reboot the VM and networking should work!

Method 3: Set up MAC Adress

• Open your virtual machines VMX file and find the line where it says "ethernet0.generatedAddress"
• Copy the MAC adress that follows it down somwhere (e.g. something like "00:0c:29:83:d8:7c", yours will differ)
• Boot your Mac OS X Virtual machine and open the Terminal program from Application >> Utilities
• Run these commands:

sudo -s
[enter password]
ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

• Replace the string of x's with your actual MAC address and run the command and Ethernet should be working
• Run the Network Setup Assistant from System Preferences if it doesn't work after running the commands
• If "en0" returns an error or doesn't work, then change "en0" in the commands to "en1". If that doesn't work try "en2"

Method 4: Command Line IP Address Renewal

• Do this fix only after you've done both of the methods above
• Open the Terminal and type in the following commands:

• If "en0" returns an error or doesn't work, then change "en0" in the commands to "en1". If that doesn't work try "en2"

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