Problem with VMware

[Kilauea]

Hello, I am folding on my father's computer which is a Phenom 8600 and so far all was good, but I think towards the end of last week I got this message, but did not paid much attention to it. Actually I have managed to read it all for the first time tonight when I took the time to take a screen shot of it (it wouldn't stay long enough).

Anyway, it appears when starting the VMware and says "The network bridge device VWnet0 is temporarily down because of the bridged Ethernet interface... The virtual machine may not be able to communicate with the host or with the other machines on your network." Can anyone translate that in english ?

Basicly, I am unsure if the rig is still folding, it should still be based on the points I get, but I can't monitor anything with FahSpy and I used to have no problems doing so. Since then nothing was changed on the computer, that's why I am puzzled.

On my side(My rig), there aren't any problems.

[3.0charlie]

Change the Network adaptor to NAT.

[Kilauea]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

Change the Network adaptor to NAT.

Sorry to ask Charlie, but what does that mean and where do I do that ?

[SugarJ]

In VmWare Player 3.0, click on VM>Settings>Network Adapter. I'll leave the rest as an exercise for you. :)

[Kilauea]

Alright, thanks Sugar and Charlie. I changed it to NAT, not to VMnet (NAT) and it says in VMware:

e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None

I would be lying if I said I have clue of what that is, but in FahSpy, it still says no access.

[SugarJ]

Check that the IP hasn't changed. Unfortunately, the only way I know to see the IP is to reboot the VM.

[Kilauea]

Thanks again Sugar, now it really is fixed, but I am too lazy to reboot the VM (never sure if it will restart the folding at 0), so I went through a few IP address and got the right one. Why does the IP address change tho ?

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by SugarJ

Check that the IP hasn't changed. Unfortunately, the only way I know to see the IP is to reboot the VM.

[SugarJ]

Usually something to do with the DHCP on your router. It also depends which VM you are using. I believe Notfred's creates a new MAC address for the virtual card, while it's specified in linuxrouter's VM and never changes.

Edit: and MarkOne's info appears on his router, but we all have different routers.

Double edit: I was able to find the FAH connection info on my Dlink too.