HI, I'm running VMware player in a Win 7 host. I created a Win 7 VM with DHCP in a bridged network and it runs fine. But since I need to run the Win 7 VM as server, I tried to configured it with a static IP address, 192.168.1.123. ANd since then, the VM can never bring thenetwork up. Below is the "ipconfig" output from my VM:
C:\Users\Eric Chi>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::dc0a:7509:b7ac:cd93%11
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.123
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Tunnel adapter isatap.{41AE581D-B476-4171-B9CA-87700041F3DF}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
I'd appreciate any help.
Are you sure the gateway address is x.x.x.2 ? This is usually the case for a NAT configuration.
Please post the output of ipconfig /all of the hosts.
André
I tried the gateway address 192.168.1.1 which is the real gateway address in my home network. But ot didn't work either.
How many physical NICs (wired/wireless) do you have in the host system? And what about the output of ipconfig /all?
André
... and can you please - temporarily - set the VM back to DHCP and post the output of ipconfig /all with the automatically assigned IP settings?
André
Hi Andre,
I just realized the IP actaully works now. It's the DNS does not work so I cannot verify internet connection with a browser since it cannot resolve a name like www.yahoo.com.
Good to hear the connection is up. Now you will need to compare the auto-assigned IP settings (by setting the VM to DHCP) with the manually assigned IP settings, to see what's different.
André
Hi Andre,
The DNS was mis-configured and I just corrcted it. Though the static IP does work now, I still has a problem: I still cannot ping the VM's ip address from my other computers. So the server on this VM is still useless. Do you have any idea?
ICMP (ping) responses are disabled in the Windows 7 firewall by default. You'll need to enable ICMP on the Outgoing rules in the firewall.
André