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hhabjanic
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Firewall and NAT issues

Hi.

On my previous setup (Catalina + Fusion 11.5.x), while using NAT for VM, i was able to ping any destination from within VM. Now, on BigSur and Fusion 12.x, this does not work anymore.

My firewall setting are set to "Block all incoming connections" (except DHCP and such). In this state, ping from inside of VM does not work. When i change MAC firewall and disable "Block all incoming connections", ping works as expected.

Relaxing firewall rules is not something i like to do, so is there a way to make ping work under strict FW settings (as before)? Or is this somehow specific to my setup?

H.

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ColoradoMarmot
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You'd need to use bridged...but check the other threads, there's issues with that too.

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