Adding Interfaces to Vyatta in VMplayer

Before an interface can be configured within Vyatta VM it needs to be added into the VMplayer settings. If this is not done it will not appear under Vyatta interfaces. The below snapshot shows my four interfaces which i added via the settings panel.

 

Adding an interface is simple. Select Network Adapter and click the +Add sign at the bottom. Bridged interfaces take their IP’s directly from you Guest’s dhcp server. NAT interfaces NAT their addresses from vmnet interfaces while Host Only interface type address can be set manually  from within Vyatta. From within Vyatta the interfaces will appear as below:

The configuration will be as below:

I have configured all interfaces to take IP from DHCP servers instead of static IP.