VMware Fusion bridge not working

I stayed up far too long last night figuring this out, so a post is warranted.

VMware Fusion 3.1.3 on Mac 10.6.8 running Debian 5 (lenny) VM.

NAT working fine but for some reason it just wouldn't work in bridged mode.

I was trawling the t'internet for reasons why when it dawned on me, after reading that for some folk it worked with wired internet, but not wirelessly.

If your wireless network is locked down to MAC addresses (access control) then your VM running in bridge mode won't be able to pick up an IP address because...

...it has a different MAC address! Obvious isn't it... grrrrr.

I wanted to run in bridged (always used NAT before) so I could connect to services run by the guest OS from the host. I was playing with vnc4server and trying to connect to debian using the Mac Screen Sharing built in app.

As an aside don't bother, the base install already comes with remote desktop (vino) which must get in the way as I had all sorts of difficulty. Running gnome's vino worked however, but you have to use a password or Mac Screen Sharing won't like it...

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