Connect to the reference image

You can connect to your image after you have it running.

On Linux, run arp -an adas_example and look for the vmnet8 entry. For example:

# arp -an adas_example
? (192.168.68.103) at 7c:d9:5c:38:c3:4f [ether] on enxa44cc8b0cdbb
? (192.168.68.1) at 50:d4:f7:f9:49:69 [ether] on enxa44cc8b0cdbb
? (192.168.68.110) at ac:9b:0a:b3:87:92 [ether] on enxa44cc8b0cdbb
? (172.16.166.135) at 52:54:00:ce:ad:f9 [ether] on vmnet8
? (192.168.68.113) at 3c:8d:20:f1:33:60 [ether] on enxa44cc8b0cdbb

The IP address of the VMware image would be: 172.16.166.135

On macOS, run arp -an -i vmnet8 to look up the IP address of the vmnet8 entry. If you see multiple entries, you can ping these various IP addresses and see which one responds. The responsive address is the one to use in the next step.

On Windows, run ipconfig and look up the IP address of any VMware network interface (which has a name containing VMnet). You should see output like the following:

# ipconfig
...
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2d78:1281:41f8:bffb%20
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.72.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::90e2:9f5a:f4f:e099%9
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.244.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
...

Then, run arp -a and look for an IP address that matches the network portion of one of the VMnet interfaces. Suppose you see the following output:

# arp -a

Interface: 192.168.244.1 --- 0x9
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  192.168.244.128       52-54-00-ce-ad-f9     dynamic
  192.168.244.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.251           01-00-5e-00-00-fb     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static
  255.255.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
...

Here, the first listed IP address is 192.168.244.128 and given that this is on the 192.168.244.1 network (based on the ipconfig output), this is the one to use in the next step.

Using a terminal (Linux or macOS) or terminal program such as Tera Term (Windows), use ssh to connect to the VMware image through the previously determined IP address. You can log in using the user ID and password of root. For example:
```
# ssh 172.16.166.135
login as: root
root@172.16.166.135's password:root
#
```

Page updated: March 12, 2026