Geoff Galitz wrote:
I've mostly used the free VMware server and player, but thought the networking support was about the same as Virtualbox. What have you found that is significantly different? So far I mostly prefer VMware server for the ability to run the console and disconnect/reconnect where with virtualbox you seem to have to decide ahead of time if you want a console or not - but I'm not a big fan of the new web console in the 2.x series.
There are two major issues I've had with VMWare Workstation that have not occurred in VirtualBox:
- When the host network connection comes and goes (either intentionally or
otherwise) the networking to and from VMWare VMs fail completely and cannot be restored without a host reboot.
I don't think I've ever seen that happen under vmware server - and I've had guests up for at least a year without reboots. With player I've normally stopped the guest before disconnecting from the network. Are you using bridged or NAT?
- DHCP via an external system (router/gateway) often fails to the VMs with
nothing more than timeout errors in the VM logs.
I've never seen a problem with DHCP on bridged connections under any circumstances.