How VMWare shares network interface?

From: Diego Billi (dbilli_at_cs.unibo.it)
Date: 09/15/05

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    Hi, i don't know if this is the right newsgroup, but my hope is that
    here i can find someone "smart" enough to respond to my question.

    How VMWare can share a real network interface with a virtual machine?
    Does it use PF_PACKET sockets? In this case, how virtual machine
    can ping the real one ? (PF_PACKET send directly to the ethernet
    without check if the outgoing packet is for the interface linked with
    the socket).

    Thanks to everyone.

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