Just started to learn redhat5.8, met in the HP Shadow Elf 3 generation, the use of VMware installed Redhat, laptop network connectivity, but the virtual machine above the RH can not be networked.
In the VMware software interface, select Edit on the top left and select Virtual Network Editor. Usually cannot be modified. You need to click "Change settings" to be able to modify with administrator privileges.
Select "Bridge mode", do not automatically select, find your own host network card model, and then bridge to the appropriate network card, click "Apply" in "OK".
On the RH no-boot interface, select "Edit Virtual machine settings", change "network adapter", select "Bridge mode" and tick "connect at startup". Save.
To set the IP address of the RH, the network segment needs to be in the same network segment as your own notebook. After setting up Ping your own notebook, you can ping through.
redhat5.8 Networking on VMware virtual machines