• Your virtual machine cannot access the network using bridged networking.
• You are using a wireless network interface card.

VMware Player 3.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 8.x (Linux)
VMware Server 1.0.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation 10.x (Windows)
VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.x
VMware GSX Server 3.x (Windows)
VMware Player 7.x (Windows)
VMware vCenter Server 4.0.x
VMware Workstation 6.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 8.x (Windows)
VMware Player 7.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 10.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 11.x (for Windows)
VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x
VMware Server 2.0.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation 4.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 4.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation 5.x (Windows)
VMware Player 3.x (Windows )
VMware Workstation 3.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 11.x (for Linux)
VMware Workstation 9.x (Windows)
VMware Player 6.x (Linux)
VMware Player Pro 7.x (Windows)
VMware Player 5.x (Linux)
VMware Player 5.x (Windows)
VMware Player 4.x (Linux)
VMware Player Pro 7.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 7.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 3.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation 9.x (Linux)
VMware Player 6.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation 7.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation 5.x (Linux)
VMware GSX Server 2.x (Windows)
VMware Server 2.0.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 6.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Pro 12.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 12.x (Windows)
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x
VMware GSX Server 3.x (Linux)
VMware Server 1.0.x (Linux)
VMware Player 4.x (Windows)
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x
VMware GSX Server 2.x (Linux)

Bridged networking with a wireless Ethernet adapter is supported in VMware Workstation 4 and later, VMware Player 3, VMware Server, and GSX Server 3 on Windows hosts. If you are using older versions of these VMware products, you may want to upgrade to the latest version of Workstation to gain this capability.

If your host has a wireless network adapter, you cannot use bridged networking on Linux hosts in VMware Workstation 5 or lower, VMware Server 1.x, any version of GSX Server, any hosts in VMware Workstation 3 or lower, or in VMware GSX Server 2 or lower. Under these products, if you want to run virtual machines on a host that uses wireless Ethernet adapters, you must configure your virtual machines to use NAT or host-only networking.

Note: Support for bridged networking does not guarantee that the virtual machine can successfully receive an IP address. IP addressing depends on the DHCP server. For more information about the networking types, see Understanding networking types in hosted products (1006480).

This table provides more information about reconfiguring network settings for your virtual machine:

VMware Software Version	Bridged with Wireless Supported	Use NAT Instead	Link to Documentation
Workstation Player 12.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged networking
Workstation Pro 12.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X
Player 7.x and Player 7.x Pro (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged networking
Workstation 11.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X
Player 6.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged networking
Workstation 10.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X
Player 5.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged networking
Workstation 9.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X
Player 4.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged networking
Workstation 8.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X
Player 3.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged networking
Workstation 7.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X
Workstation 6.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged networking
Workstation 5.x (Windows hosts)	X		Adding and Modifying Virtual Network Adapters Configuring Bridged Networking Options on a Windows Host
Workstation 5.x (Linux hosts)		X	Adding and Modifying Virtual Network Adapters
Workstation 4.5 (Windows hosts)	X		Changing the Network Configuration Common Networking Configurations
Workstation 4.5 (Linux hosts)		X
Workstation 4.0 (Windows hosts)	X		Changing the Network Configuration Common Networking Configurations
Workstation 4.0 (Linux hosts)		X
Workstation 3.x (Windows and Linux hosts)		X	About NAT Changing the Networking Configuration
Server 2.x (Windows and Linux hosts)	X		Bridged Networking
Server 1.x (Windows hosts)	X		Bridged Networking
Server 1.x (Linux hosts)		X
GSX Server 3.x (Windows hosts)	X		GSX Server Documentation
GSX Server 3.x (Linux hosts)		X
GSX Server 2.5.x (Windows and Linux hosts)		X

Additional Information

For translated versions of this article, see:

• Portuguese: Como utilizar redes compartilhadas com um NIC sem fio (2032398)
  
• Spanish: Utilizar una conexión de puente de red con una NIC inalámbrica (2032979)
• 日本語: 無線 NIC とのブリッジ ネットワークの使用 (2078464)
• 简体中文: 在采用无线网卡的情况下使用桥接模式网络连接 (2075207)