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0422.09 Enabling WiFi For VMware Version Windows 7  By Dave Taylor I've been experimenting with Microsoft WIndows 7 beta on my Mac OS X system through using VMware and while I don't know of anyone else doing this, I have read on the Internet that it's a viable combo. Problem is, when I actually try it, I find that there's no Internet access and Windows 7 complains that there's no "Ethernet driver" installed? How do I fix that? Dave's Answer: You're not alone with this problem, the "missing Ethernet driver" error, where opening Internet Explorer in Windows 7, for example, generates the error message "cannot display the webpage" and when you click on "diagnose connection problems" you get to see the new improved Windows Network Diagnostics system run, just to have it report the relatively unhelpful error: "Windows did not detect a properly installed network adapter. If you have a network adapter, you will need to reinstall the driver." Here's what you need to do, and it involves munging around (yes, that's the technical term) with one of the VMware configuration files. To do this, your first step is to completely shut down VMware and Windows 7 within it. Done with that? Good. Now you need to find where the system is storing your VMware Windows 7 image. Probably it's in /Users/your user ID/Documents/Virtual Machines/the name of your Win7 VM On my system, for example, it's: /Users/taylor/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7.vmwarevm
In that directory are a bunch of files: 3722496 Windows 7-s001.vmdk 3815936 Windows 7-s002.vmdk 2635904 Windows 7-s003.vmdk 128 Windows 7-s004.vmdk 266880 Windows 7-s005.vmdk 512 Windows 7-s006.vmdk 24 Windows 7.nvram 8 Windows 7.vmdk 0 Windows 7.vmsd 8 Windows 7.vmx* 0 Windows 7.vmx.lck/ 8 Windows 7.vmxf 1584 vmware-0.log 280 vmware-1.log 144 vmware-2.log 784 vmware.log The file we seek is called "partition name.vmx". Mine is "Windows 7.vmx". In that file are a few lines that define the Ethernet configuration: ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.connectionType = "nat" ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE" ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE" You need to add one line to the file here: ethernet0.virtualDEV = "e1000? Continue reading this article. About the Author: About the Author: Anything Geospatial: Tracking developments affecting GIS, geospatial technologies, location-based services, mapping, google earth and google maps. Published by the creator and editor of GISuser.com & LBSzone.com |
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