Windows 7 - both X-64 and X-86 NAT Broken

[jimbo45]

Hi all

using vmware 6.5.2 it seems the NAT (VMNET 😎 service is broken when using Windows 7 as a HOST OS. You CAN connect to the LAN but not to the internet. I.e the VM sees other machines on your LAN but it can't communicate with the Internet.

Bridged Networking is fine, as is HOST ONLY networking. Doesn't matter if you are using a Wired or a wireless connection on the Host machine.

Guest OS is Windows XP SP3.

Host OS is a recent "pre RC" but "post beta" build of W7 -- build 7077.

Cheers

jimbo

[BillyM2008]

I have been frustrated with VMware's NAT implementation since Vista, but it now appears to have gone from bad to worse... I.e., it is completely unusable on Windows 7.

I was able to get around the problem by using bridging instead of NAT, but would prefer they find some way to fix this service once and for all.

[feter]

Maybe Vmware's silence on this is because of the thread being marked as "Answered"... I really hope so.

[CedricJiang]

I agree, so we need to open a new post!