[NTLUG:Discuss] VMWare and Wireless Laptop

[Ed Coates]

On Mon, 24 May 2004, NTLUG wrote:

> While I don't know that it exactly relates and I don't know how I fixed
> the issue, but I used to have a problem with my wireless setup where a
> large amount of data would overwhelm the wireless card.  The connection
> would reset and then I could connect again and restart my connection.  I
> wasn't using VMware, but just scp'ing large files.  Like I said I don't
> know what I did to fix it, but a similar issue could be happening with
> you.  VMWare sends a lot of data over the network, resulting in the
> connection reset.  To test try transferring via ftp or scp a file that
> is 650MB+ in size.  It might not be VMware but rather your wireless
> setup.
> 
> -- 
> Woody
Woody,

I got to thinking about what you said above.  I disabled the internal 
wireless NIC and installed drivers for my DLink DWL650+ and put it in.  It 
works perfectly with vmware.  Guess DLink gear plays better with itself 
than others.

Thanks for the hint.

Ed