Re: Novell Client for Linux 2 beta & VMWare - bridged only?

[Thorsten Kampe]

* mlazovjp (Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:56:02 GMT)

> OpenSUSE 11.1 with Novell Client for Linux 2.0 SP2 beta.
>
> OpenSUSE is installed as a VMWare Workstation guest using NAT. When
> attempting to use contextless login, the Novell Client hangs. If you
> disable contextless login and then browse to the right context, you can
> login OK.
>
> If you change the virtual NIC from NAT to Bridged, contextless login
> works fine. If at all possible, we need to use Bridged instead of NAT
> (long story).
>
> Any idea what could be the problem? From what I can tell, SLP, DA, etc
> are set correctly, but I could be wrong.

Use NAT only if you need NAT - otherwise use bridged.

Thorsten