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VMWare Network on Mac OS X x86

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How to make your Mac OS X x86 network works with VMWare Workstation???

After Mac OS X has been installed on VMWare Workstation, you will found that the network is not working or the network card it’s not recognize by Mac OS X. You can get the network driver here and follow the instruction below.

Select the ISO file you have downloaded as your CDROM drive

Create a new folder on Desktop(for example network), copy the files from the “CDROM” into the new folder.

Open up the terminal, navigate the to driver folder, run install.sh file and reboot

After reboot, I _think_ your network is working now.(bridge,nat or host also work). Hope it helps. For more information and support please visit the driver’s website

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166 responses to “VMWare Network on Mac OS X x86”

  1. Trevor Avatar
    Trevor

    I have the same issue as DaMista. I get an ip address but i am unable to ping anything or resolve DNS. The Mac address that the OS shows is 00:00:00:00:00:00. I loaded the drivers per the instructions above and peformed the “e1000” fix mentioned above. Still no luck. I am running Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 with OSx 10.4.8. Any ideas?

  2. misha Avatar
    misha

    Does afp work with this virtual setup?
    Thanks!

  3. redM Avatar
    redM

    Hi Paul

    it wordek perfectly.
    Thank you for that description!

    Salut
    redM

  4. Drrrica Avatar
    Drrrica

    Doesn’t work for tiger 10.47 or it might be it hanging. Update please?

  5. Luis Costa Avatar
    Luis Costa

    Hello
    I have Dual Quad with Realtek RTL8168/8111 network.
    I cannot install the network driver it is always giving me this error” 20maxxuss_driver_AMDPCNET is not compatible with its superclass, 20I0EthernetController superclass changed?
    Kextload: a link/load error occured for kernel extension MaxxussAMDPCNET.kext load failed for extension MaxxussAMDPCNET.kext”
    I Have Vmware version 6.0.2 build-59824 with windows xp SP2 with all updates.
    thx.

  6. Bergomi Avatar
    Bergomi

    Hello

    now, network and internet access works fine.
    – after installation of MaxxussAMDPCNET driver (v1.0_1043) shutdown VM
    – in vmx-file delete the line ethernet0.virtualDev=”e1000″
    – start VM
    – Mac OS find new network card (PCI Ethernet Slot)
    – shutdown VM
    – re-config Ethernetcard to NAT (with DHCP) in VMWare
    – start VM
    That’s it!

    VMWare 6.0.2-59824, Windows XP SP2

  7. george Avatar
    george

    What is the password ???????????

  8. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    I managed to get a working OS X in VMWare with working sound and network. I used the following:
    -VMWare Workstation 5.5.3
    -Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1 & PPF2].iso
    -Maxxuss-AMDPCNET-v1.0_1043.iso

    I have used 2 ethernet devices in VMWare, one NAT and one bridged. I could use Safari to get on the internet. Both nic’s where DHCP client.

  9. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    well just like everybody did , follow the steps and it works like a charms , right now visitingthe apple website although its a bit slow but iys running until then i have think about my memory upgrade , i fell in love with MAC OSX :-s
    COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
    Config :
    VMware 6.0.2 ACE Edition
    758 Ram
    2.8 CPU
    64 M Graphic Card

    Oh Thx alot :p

  10. jb Avatar
    jb

    Cheers mate, brilliant!

  11. mojo Avatar
    mojo

    Worked perfectly

  12. ili Avatar
    ili

    there is no connection on my network list

  13. joe Avatar
    joe

    I’ve just installed VMware on an imac but I’m unable to access the shared drives on the windows workgroup. Can anybody help?

  14. kpax Avatar
    kpax

    Just wonderfull

  15. gotcha Avatar
    gotcha

    I could not get built-in-ethernet in the network section.
    Any suggestions?

  16. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    Worked great – using NAT

  17. etherscape Avatar
    etherscape

    Success!!!

    Setup:

    VMWARE Workstation 6.04 on XP PRO SP3 2Gigs RAM

    10.4.8-Tiger VmWare image

    Networking works with Maxxuss-AMDPCNet-v1.0_1043.iso !

  18. dar Avatar
    dar

    Thanks so much^_^ I can use network.

    with tiger x86 deadmoo with vmware 7

  19. Graci Avatar
    Graci

    Thanks so much, now I’m able to use the net

  20. KenFulton Avatar
    KenFulton

    Can it be use in my wireless network adapter?

  21. base64 Avatar
    base64

    got it working with OSX leopard in vmware, after a bit of hacking, thanks!

    using bridged mode is essential!

  22. Nilac Avatar
    Nilac

    How did you get it working on OSX leopard? I can’t!

  23. Tony Avatar
    Tony

    I followed the instructions and the network worked once. I then shut down at some point and have not been able to get it to work again. I tried the same steps that worked before.

    One thing to note is that this is a laptop computer (high end one). I have wireless Ethernet and wired. When I first got it to work I was wireless. At the moment I am wired. Does that make any difference? I tried the same steps while wired. I have tried switching back to wireless and that doesn’t help. It still doesn’t connect.

    Any ideas?

  24. Tony Avatar
    Tony

    With the help of reading above I got it working! I read back a few posts and saw someone say to delete the ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000” line in the config file. I did that and it found the card and now it works.

    Isn’t the Internet and people like you cool?

  25. Tony Avatar
    Tony

    Now I have another problem with DVD booting. Does anyone know a good place to get answers about that?

    I have a legit upgrade CD to Leopard 10.5.4. I put the CD in and the VMWare Mac sees it. I hit install and it asks me to reboot. I do that and during boot I get a VMWare error about not having DMA turned on for the DVD drive. Well, I do have it turned on in the host computer.

    Anyone?

  26. trevanian Avatar
    trevanian

    Finally working thanks to Bergomi for his re-config Ethernetcard to NAT (with DHCP).
    Thanks to PCWiz and this site!

  27. Rhyder Avatar
    Rhyder

    i still cant get this to work….

  28. Mehshan Avatar
    Mehshan

    Worked greate! Using OSX Tiger 10.4.8 on VMWare Workstation 6.5

  29. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    Worked perfectly as described thanks

  30. bacenacho Avatar
    bacenacho

    after i type the sudo ./install.sh
    it olway sas that the comand is not found
    and the password that i use is bovinity
    reboot
    and nothing still no networking

  31. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    I’m a newbie Apple user and I had a few initial problems but finally got it working.

    First off I just double clicked the install.sh file not realising that you have to run that file from within Terminal

    Initially I didnt know how to run terminal I did a search for it in Finder and ran it from there but you can click on harddisk and applications etc..

    Then I had trouble in that I didnt realise that once you change to the directory “CD/desktop/network” you must type “sudo ./install.sh”. I’d been typing “./install.sh”

    Finally for password I tried “bovinity” which didnt work and then I tried my logon password (which I’d previously changed) and that worked.

    Thanks guys!

  32. Crox Avatar
    Crox

    Worked instantly. THank!!

  33. John A. Bilicki III Avatar
    John A. Bilicki III

    Thanks a ton Paul, that worked perfectly! Though I did have to do a quick search to find out how to open the terminal however it wasn’t very difficult. Now I can test OS X browsers. 🙂

  34. Carlos Avatar
    Carlos

    Worked perfectly as per your instructions.

    Thanks for your help.

  35. Thatguyoverthere Avatar
    Thatguyoverthere

    When I set the iso as the disk drive it says ‘Operating System not found”.

    It always says this when the disk iso isnt JaS OS X 10.4.8 SSE2 SSE3 PPF1 PPF2.iso (not the exact name, thats what i remember)

    can anyone help with this?

  36. free2air Avatar
    free2air

    dear Paul! please help me ! i have another problem, i’m using the same mac os in wmvare, i solved the problem and hte network works, the second problem that i have, is that macos doesn’t recognize the soundcard, do you know how can i solve that problem ?!?!?!

  37. Bernd Avatar
    Bernd

    I can confirm Maxxuss-AMDPCNET-v1.0_1043.zip also work with VMWare workstation 6.5.2 build-156735 and iATKOS_5i. Thanks for those guidelines!

  38. Bootvis Avatar
    Bootvis

    Nice it works on 10.4.8 and VMWare player. Next step: how do I upgrade to 10.5?

  39. rib Avatar
    rib

    Yes, got it to work!

    Running 10.4.8 jas on VMware 6.1.

    v1.0 didn’t work, but 1.043 worked fine

  40. macic7 Avatar
    macic7

    Works perfectly on VirtualBox 2.2.4 on Windows 7 x64 host.

  41. RuudB Avatar
    RuudB

    Works great!

    VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 and 10.4.8
    v1.0 did’nt work but v1.0_1043 work’s fine

  42. jonathan Avatar
    jonathan

    Dudez, you ROCK! FINALLY it works after 2 late nights of antisocial hacking around in a terminal. Thank God Im a unix geek! 😀 The thing that finally got it for me was installing the Maxxuss-AMDPCNET-v1.0_1043.zip kernel extension (note the 1043), AND deleting the ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000” in vmware vm config file. Awesome! Thanks for everyone who contributed, especially the russian dude who wrote the Maxxuss driver, you ROCK. Now I can finally fall deeply in love with Mac OS-X and eventually go buy one! 😀

    My kit: Mac OS-X 10.5.2 (some pre-fab vmdk from the pcwiz dudes in canada, shout out!!)
    VMware workstation 6.5.2 build 156735 on WinXP SP3
    IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T60 (shock, horror! :P), intel core-duo, 1gb ram

  43. douchie Avatar
    douchie

    VMWare 6.5.2.156735 / Windows 7 x64 / OSX 10.5.2. Worked like a charm,

  44. David Avatar
    David

    Can someone help me? I have no idea how this works or it’s supposed to work.

  45. komar Avatar
    komar

    I have windows 7 RC, the VMware player, and got the OS X system up and running. It’s all on the same single drive. I just want to create a shared folder so I can pass files between the two OSs. How can I do this?

    I’ve been trying for a couple of hours and just cannot decipher the advice in this thread. Can someone help me out? Thanks!

  46. cypherx Avatar
    cypherx

    DID NOT WORK.

    VMWare Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739
    Mac OSX 10.5.2 Kalyway build

  47. Westwind Avatar
    Westwind

    After a couple attempts, it is working for me. Safari and Firefox are running very slowly though.

    I’m running OS X 10.4.8 in VMWare Player on Windows 7, on an Acer Aspire 4730Z laptop.

  48. TuanNguyen Avatar
    TuanNguyen

    You are pro. Thank you. It can work on VMWare server 2.0.

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  50. dickson9898 Avatar
    dickson9898

    Great help to fix the problem. I use Maxxuss-AMDPCNET-v1.0_1043 driver on Mac os Kalyway 10.5.2

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