I know this might seem like a very stupid question and an even more obvious answer, but I´ve tried to research and apply whatever settings suggested without fail. I´m looking for someone to point me in the right direction, because I think I´m just going about this the wrong way, but ofc I don´t expect a step-by-step guide.
I´m using a MacBook pro and vmware fusion pro 11.5.1
I´m trying to add a windows server 2016 machine to a win server 2016 AD DC machine. So I´ve set both machines to use bridged network, because that is the only way I can ping and find the machines (and according to my research, NAT or host-only won´t work when working with local domains like this?). Since I´m going to be using these machines over time I want a fixed IP address, but if I set a fixed ipv4 address on either machine they loose internet connection.
I was able to join the client server to the domain when I set the clients DNS server to the DHCP assigned ipv4 address on the domain, but that´s not a permanent solution as I want to access this machine in for example a months time.
I´ve been told that I need two different ipv4 addresses, and the same gateway and dns.
I´ve been trying a lot of things, for example:
- I´ve tried assigning 192.168.0.x, 192.168.76.x 10.0.0.x as fixed IP
- Set the same DNS address on both machines (same as above, but with different final number)
- Set the same gateway on both machines (same as above, but with different final number)
- Looked up DHCP range so it doesn´t coincide
- Tried to find config of vmnet0 on the mac, but it doesn´t show up when i run "ifconfig -all" in terminal (only vmnet8 and vmnet1)
- Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in favor of default in WINS settings
- Set the same WINS address on both machines
If i use NAT I can set a fixed address for example 192.168.76.3 and I still have internet connection, but ofc I cannot see the other machine. I´m sorry if this is a super obvious question.
