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I'm running a Debian LAMP Server in VMWare Player, using a bridged connection.

However, on my router the VM is showing up with the same MAC Address... therefore I can't set the VM to a static address.

I've tried changing the MAC in the .vmx, but to no success. I'm not really sure what to do or where to look now. I've tried Googling and I guess I don't know what I'm looking for or I just can't find it, hopefully someone here can help out.

Edit:

Definitely Bridged Connection

ARP Table From Ping:

  10.0.0.7              00-1a-73-82-da-c9     dynamic
  10.0.0.10             00-1a-73-82-da-c9     dynamic

7 is the Host OS 10 is the VM

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It turns out it was a problem with the system running off WiFi. When I used the Ethernet connection, the MAC Address returned to what it should have been.

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  • It used to be that you couldn't change the MAC address of WiFi adapters. I don't know that that's still the case, but it would explain what you're seeing here. – wfaulk May 04 '12 at 17:49
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What MAC address are you using? If it's not a VMware MAC (00:50:56:...), you have to also include this config option:

ethernetN.addressType = “static”
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  • It was something to do with it being on wireless. I switched they physical machine to an ethernet connection and the MACs show up fine. – mawburn May 03 '12 at 02:46