Re: [CentOS] VMware server on Linux

2009-10-15 Thread nate
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > We were hoping we could lock it down. Thanks. Use ESX, the virtual switches in ESX can have promiscuous mode disabled on them, while I suspect the uplinks from the host to the switches have it enabled, the guest VMs cannot access the wire because it's blocked at the virt

Re: [CentOS] VMware server on Linux

2009-10-15 Thread m . roth
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Well, one of our boxes is running VMware server, and the admin who set >> it up is under the impression that the NIC *has* to be in promiscuous mode. >> We, of course, would rather it wasn't. >> >> Is this the case? > > If your running a bridge at least yes, maybe with

Re: [CentOS] VMware server on Linux

2009-10-15 Thread nate
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Well, one of our boxes is running VMware server, and the admin who set it > up is under the impression that the NIC *has* to be in promiscuous mode. > We, of course, would rather it wasn't. > > Is this the case? If your running a bridge at least yes, maybe with other mode