Can anyone help? I even tried disabling my wlan, with no luck. With bridged not working, and NAT constantly crashing, I have no alternative but to go back to Virtual Server and kick myself for spending money on Workstation 6.5.

My networking dump:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : host

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : comcast

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : comcast

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (MAC)

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.101

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 11, 2008 10:18:28 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:18:28 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (MAC)

My .VMX:

.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
memsize = "512"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
MemTrimRate = "30"
displayName = "SM-VW"
guestOS = "winxppro"
floppy0.present = "TRUE"
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
floppy0.filename = "auto detect"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.filename = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "SM-VW.vmdk"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
vmci0.unrestricted = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide0:0.filename = "auto detect"
ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "buslogic"
buslogic.noDriver = "FALSE"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

extendedConfigFile = "SM-VW.vmxf"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:b2:22:a3"
uuid.location = "56 4d 55 19 5d ed f3 f2-cd 9c 53 ba c5 b2 22 a3"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 55 19 5d ed f3 f2-cd 9c 53 ba c5 b2 22 a3"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "-978181469"

ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

ide0:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"

ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet1"

debugStub.winOffsets.version = "1"
debugStub.winOffsets.value = "0x88,0x84,0x18,0x190,0x174,16,0x22c,0x1f0,0x224,0x20,0x18,0x18,0x20,0x24,4"