Hello, I have Kali Linux installed on VMware player(Free version). My host is windows 8. I cannot get Linux to connect to the internet(I'm on my laptop so I need wireless.) VMware will not give support because it is a free version. Can anyone show me how to set up the network connections to use wireless and connect to the internet? I'm attaching some screenshots. Thanks
VMWare guests will see only a wired connection, no matter what your host has. Guest networking is set to NAT, so connection should work as long as VMWare is allowed to make connections on the host. Set the network to Bridged if you want the guest to behave like another machine in your network.
Thanks for the reply. Just to make sure I understand, I tried setting the connection to bridged and still no internet. How do I allow connections on the Host? I was thinking, setting up a wireless connection might work. Does anyone know what I should enter for SSID, BSSID, Mac address, etc...? I'll try bridged again. Please reply back.
Any guest inside VMWare can't access your WLAN card (unless it is connected via USB). You need to give access to the WLAN card first, then you can configure via Kali Linux's network manager.
Fixed it! I tried bridged again and it worked. Just make sure "replicate physical network connection state" box is checked. Thanks for the help. Hopefully it will continue to work.
There should be a 'Configure Adapters' button near it. In the list of NICs that appears there, make sure that only your true NIC that allows you Internet access is selected, should you have multiple. For example, I have to unselect the dummy VirtualBox NICs, otherwise I won't get net access, either.