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I am running Ubuntu under VM Ware and when I use bridged networking connecting to the host is slow. When I use NAT the internet is really slow. When I ...
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  1. 11-03-2009 #1
    mpg198
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    Ubunut VM slow networking

    I am running Ubuntu under VM Ware and when I use bridged networking connecting to the host is slow. When I use NAT the internet is really slow. When I use both they both are slow.

    How do I make them both fast?
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  2. 11-04-2009 #2
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    have you installed vmware-tools on the guest OS? this should help with a lot of things
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    Yes I did.

    I think I mighta fixed it.

    I set a host only adapter and instead of using the hostname of the Host, I used it's IP on VMNET1 (Host Only adapter) so it will always use that one...

    I just need a way to use this command without having to enter my password in the terminal where someone can see it...:
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    mount -t cifs -o username=<user>,password=<pass> //computer/share /path/to/mountpoint
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