Esx has a flag in the configuration also to deny promisc. Check the txt configuration for in the vm.
Note: promisc will not work on a wireless interface on a windows host. I tried that and remember it failing. On 15/05/2012, at 11:14, Steve Passino <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if this applies to vmplayer - but check your network settings > to make sure the VM is granted access to run the network card in promisc > mode. > > With virtualbox, I know there is a setting to allow/disallow the virtual > network interface the ability to go into promisc - making a bit of a > guess here that vmplayer has the same set of controls...... > > On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 11:53 -0500, Todd Haverkos wrote: >> Timothy Ouellette <[email protected]> writes: >>> I am running into problems getting my Ethernet adapter in backtrack to >>> run in promiscuous mode. >>> >>> Currently running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as the host OS with VM Player 4.02 >>> installed. I setup Backtrack 5R2 as a Virtual Machine in player and >>> all is working great, however i cannot figure out how to get the >>> Ethernet adapter in promiscuous mode. >>> >> >> Hi Timothy, >> >> I'm not sure if what you're attempting is possible (and I'd argue >> that's a feature as, when using virtual machines defensively, or for >> malware analysis, I surely wouldn't want a compromised guest OS having >> access to host machine network traffic). On the other hand, I'm not >> sure what that noPromisc setting really intends to do. >> >> When I want to see things at the host OS level, I'd probably take a >> native tcpdump on the host Ubuntu server and then pull that file into >> analysis in wireshark in the virtual machine. Another alternative is >> to run Wireshark directly under the Ubuntu host OS (sudo apt-get >> install wireshark). >> >> You probably already know, but whenever wireshark is mentioned, I feel >> compelled to stress the importance of keeping Wireshark up to date to >> minimize the chance of getting owned while analyzing possibly >> malicious network traffic. >> >> Best Regards, >> -- >> Todd Haverkos, LPT MsCompE >> http://haverkos.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
