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‎06-24-2011 08:08 AM

Help setup network between host and guest

Hello,

I am trying to setup a network between a host (Win7 64bit) and a guest OS (Win XP 32bit), I need to be able to communicate both ways (host to guest, guest to host).

From documentation, I understand that host-only network is what I should be looking for, but to no success. I only managed to be able to ping host from guest when I set the network to NAT, but I was not able to ping guest from host anyway.

Firewalls are disabled in both systems, using VMWare Player 3.1.2 build-301548

Could someone help me please?

host:

C:\Users\xxx>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : AMULLER

Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : adastracorp.net

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adastracorp.net

ad.tatrabanka.sk

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Ca

rd #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7D-D8-CA-B1

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : ad.tatrabanka.sk

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controlle

r #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-B9-58-D5-8D

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cd45:b8d0:ae18:12ca%18(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.238.2.202(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.224

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 24. júna 2011 13:56:34

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 2. júla 2011 16:43:14

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.238.2.222

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.238.31.65

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 436214201

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-30-C1-FE-00-1D-09-D1-43-2F

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.238.31.87

10.238.31.86

10.238.5.129

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

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

1

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

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b81f:24ae:ce8b:ea73%32(Preferred)

Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.234.115(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 754995286

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-30-C1-FE-00-1D-09-D1-43-2F

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

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

8

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

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a8f9:1157:51d4:c8b%33(Preferred)

Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.12.139(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

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

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 788549718

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-30-C1-FE-00-1D-09-D1-43-2F

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{99BE888A-DA57-4799-971E-D0044966AADA}:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{30E1F042-B258-438D-8E07-A41CEF3F8260}:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{FCB1D077-2454-4A2C-A4D9-A09DECEEEBE1}:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.ad.tatrabanka.sk:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : ad.tatrabanka.sk

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

guest:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : vmmq

Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : localdomain

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-A9-24-13

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address: . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.28.132

Subnet Mark:  . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway:  . . . . . . . . :

DHCP Server: . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.28.254

DNS Server : . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.28.1

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YLeduc1234
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎06-25-2011 06:28 PM

Hello,

I have a question for you, why are you using an older version of Player? The current version I believe is 3.1.4.

If you look at the result of your IPCONFIG /ALL on your host, you will find that you received the following address

VMNET1: Host-Only: Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.234.115

VMNET8: NAT Network: Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.12.139

The above addresses are basically last resort address. Somehow the address is not set properly on the card and until this is fixed you won`t be able to establish a network between your host and your guest.

Your Guest has the following:

192.168.28.132

Subnet Mark:  . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 without a gateway.

That means that your guest PC can only talk to anything that has an IP address of 192.168.28.x which is not the case for the above addresses.

Until you get that part fixed, you may try to define your guest as bridged. It will get an IP from your DHCP server in the range 10.238.2.2xx and you should  be able to exchange between your guest and host that way.

Hope this help

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