How to bridge between the virtual card and a real wireless card on VMware?

F793Syncmaster · 06-24-2012, 03:47 PM

Hey guys !

I installed backtrack on my VMware Player (VMware Workstation 8.0) so people say that VMware only supports USB Wireless Adapters but ..... then i saw one message on this forum message owner is @Hangdog42

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You can bridge between the virtual card and a real wireless card

so can someone help me with Bridging between the virtual card and a real wireless card on VMware?

kindofabuzz · 06-24-2012, 06:55 PM

http://www.vmware.com/support/

F793Syncmaster · 06-24-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kindofabuzz

http://www.vmware.com/support/

i'v already bridged it but it still do not work ! so what can i do .. maybe i bridged it wrong ... ?
here's the screen of what i've done
http://s49.radikal.ru/i125/1206/a1/72351910347a.png

TobiSGD · 06-24-2012, 07:11 PM

Here is seems to be a misunderstanding. Setting the virtual network card to bridged will cause it to act like it would be a real network card in the same net as your physical device. It will not pass through a physical device to the virtual machine.

Just out of curiosity: Backtrack is distro made by network and security experts for network and security experts. Since you seem to not know the basic terms of network terminology (like bridged network cards) are you sure that Backtrack is the right distro for you?

F793Syncmaster · 06-24-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Here is seems to be a misunderstanding. Setting the virtual network card to bridged will cause it to act like it would be a real network card in the same net as your physical device. It will not pass through a physical device to the virtual machine.

Just out of curiosity: Backtrack is distro made by network and security experts for network and security experts. Since you seem to not know the basic terms of network terminology (like bridged network cards) are you sure that Backtrack is the right distro for you?

i need backtrack for Aircrack ... so can you just tell me how to connect my internal wireless to the vmware or i just have to boot the iso file on the base computer ?

TobiSGD · 06-24-2012, 07:24 PM

If your wireless device is PCI(e) based then you can't use it in the VM. You either have to do a native install or use it from a live medium.
Keep in mind that there are only a few cases were breaking into a wireless network is not illegal and may get you in serious trouble.

F793Syncmaster · 06-24-2012, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

If your wireless device is PCI(e) based then you can't use it in the VM.

I have Intel(R) Centrion(R) Wireless-N 1030 PCI Bus Network adapter ...

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You either have to do a native install or use it from a live medium.

I don't understand whats a live medium ? how can i use that ... native install means with USB or CD/DVD yes ?

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Keep in mind that there are only a few cases were breaking into a wireless network is not illegal and may get you in serious trouble.

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I Know ... but it's my own wifi we have 2 Wi-Fi connection in house one on first floor and second on second floor but problem is that the second wifi adapter is for my sister so i need to take control ...

TobiSGD · 06-24-2012, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by F793Syncmaster

I have Intel(R) Centrion(R) Wireless-N 1030 PCI Bus Network adapter ...

PCI based, so not working with a VM.

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I don't understand whats a live medium ?

The Backtrack ISO is a live medium. If you burn it to a CD or use something like Unetbootin to write to a flash drive then you will run it in live mode.

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native install means with USB or CD/DVD yes ?

Native in this context means an installation (or running in live mode) on your physical hardware, not in a VM.

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I Know ... but it's my own wifi we have 2 Wi-Fi connection in house one on first floor and second on second floor but problem is that the second wifi adapter is for my sister so i need to take control ...

Wouldn't the obvious way be simply to ask her instead of breaking into the system (which still is illegal if you do it without her knowledge/consent)?

F793Syncmaster · 06-24-2012, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

PCI based, so not working with a VM.

The Backtrack ISO is a live medium. If you burn it to a CD or use something like Unetbootin to write to a flash drive then you will run it in live mode.

Native in this context means an installation (or running in live mode) on your physical hardware, not in a VM.

Wouldn't the obvious way be simply to ask her instead of breaking into the system (which still is illegal if you do it without her knowledge/consent)?

Thanks for the attention! and Thanks for such good Answers !!! Can i somehow give you reputation or something like that ?

TobiSGD · 06-24-2012, 07:50 PM

Happy to help. If you find my answers helpful just click on the "Yes" link under the post after the "Did you find this post helpful?" question.