Every time this happens it kills all my active network connections -- and it is very disruptive. The drop lasts for just a few seconds. The following appears in the MacOS X system log:
Mar 24 21:50:09 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: interface en is going DOWN
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: interface en is coming UP
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: VMNetDisconnect called for port 0x14d23e00
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: filter detached
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: down
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: detached
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: Freeing hub at 0x1194a000.
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: VNetUserIf_Create: created userIf at 0xe815000.
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: VMNetConnect: returning port 0xe815000
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: Hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: Allocated hub 0xe190800 for hubNum 0.
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: VMNET_SO_BINDTOHUB: port: paddr 00:50:56:e3:5a:dc
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: Hub 0
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: Port 0
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: got dev 0xde5a404
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: up
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: bridge-en0: attached
Mar 24 22:05:37 brian kernel[0]: vmnet: VNetUserIfFree: freeing userIf at 0xe815000.
Please fix this!!
Message was edited by: bld
And the following appears in the WinXP System Events:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1003
Date: 3/24/2009
Time: 10:11:51 PM
User: N/A
Computer: BRIAN-WINXP-VM
Description:
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address XXXXXXXXXX. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.