The VMware host has two physical interface which I've mapped to VMnet0 and VMnet2 (Bridged)



One VM is running on VMnet0 no problem.

Another VM was working on VMnet0 but is required on VMnet2. I've edited the .vmx file as follows but it doesn't work; it still seems to bridge to VMnet0. Am I missing something..? Thanks.

####### nics ##########################
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet2"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

Just add a 2nd virtual ethernet adapter connected to the 2nd network

Thanks Saspro. This really isn't working...

I now have two network adapters on the VM, but they both seem to be bridged to VMnet0 which I can prove by setting a relevant IP on either interface and pinging a device on that physical network. I can't ping anything on the VMnet2 network.

I'm obviously missing something. Does VMware only look at the .vmx file when you very first load it? Although the file date changes when I run the machine, the nic part doesn't reflect any changes I made via VMware.

So, I tried unloading the VM, deleting the vmxf file in case something was in that, reloading the VM and...

Exactly the same.

This is driving me bonkers. I can't change the Virtual Network settings which would probably be a quick fix, because it would screw the other VMs...

There must be somewhere that VMware is remembering the settings but I don't know where to look

OK finally solved. the problem was:

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

needed to be:

ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"

Setting type to "bridged" always binds to the first bridged adapter.