When configuring networking in vmware workstation 9 on Linux it only offers me a selection of devices, apparently limited by overly simple string-based filtering. I get offered my eth<n> named devices, plus an already existing Linux bridge.
However, the device I need to connect to is called "ethmain1", which is a physical ethernet port and the only network where my DHCP and PXE servers are listening.
It also incorrectly offers "eth0" which I don't have at all. This makes the automatic setting fail because it picks eth0 which doesn't exist.
Is there a text file where I can just tell it the right name?