Added some information about compatibility between bridged networkin and virtual machines vSwitch when Sme is installed as VM
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=== Notes ===
=== Notes ===
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==== VMWare promiscuous mode ====
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==== OpenVPN and SME installed in virtual machine - VMWare promiscuous mode ====
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By default for at least ESX(i)3.5 and 4 VMWare rejects packets in promiscuous mode on the vSwitch, which will cause trouble with OpenVPN in bridge mode. To correct this in VMWare set:
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By default for all version of ESX(i) starting from 3.5 to 7.0 (current in february 2020) VMWare rejects packets in promiscuous mode on the vSwitch, which will cause trouble with OpenVPN in bridge mode. The main symptom is that after successful authentication from your remote client you can ping/reach only the OpenVPN server while any other ip address on the LAN can't be pinged/reached. To correct this in VMWare set: