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I updated VMware Player to the latest version (3.0) on my home machine last night[1]. Wanted to check out the latest version and get a first hand look at the new features. I pointed it to my trusty Xubuntu “security” virtual machine and booted up. I ran into a snag pretty quickly though. Seemed that the Continue reading VMware Player 3.0 and Network Configuration Tip: vmnetcfg is a really handy tool to tweak VMware network configs. Just don’t forget to run it as admin if on Vista or Win 7 (I always do…). I’ve had some “amusing” times with my ntop server(s) lately… Ntop has been my tool of choice when it comes to monitoring network traffic for a couple years now. It generally does exactly what I need it to do. For the last year or so I’ve happily been running it from a CentOS Linux Last Friday I got to work, booted up my little Eee netbook and quickly realized that it wasn’t on the network. No DropBox. No IM. No Web. I love this little thing, but without a network connection it suddenly becomes a weird paperweight. I toggled the WiFi hotkey and confirmed that it was indeed on. Nothing. I As many long-time readers are aware, I’m a big fan of virtualization. I like to do testing and dev work in virtual machines as that helps keep my primary machine(s) cleaner and leaner. It also lets me keep a whole fleet of machines around without needing all that extra hardware and expense. I ran into an Continue reading Broke (then fixed) VMware Player Networking |
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