Bridged Networking

[dirtbikedude]

Ok, I'm using Limestone Networks hosting and the host is a 64bit Windows 2003 server. The guest OS is Windows XP. Limestone Networks gave me 3 extra IP addresses to use and they said that I could bind them to my VMware Workstation 6 VM's and get access to the internet. Well, I assigned the VM the static IP that I was given and it says that it's connected, however when I ping the internet there's no reply, when I ping the server locally there's no reply, and then I'll look at the status of the network card on the VM and it shows it's sent 9,000 packets but 0 received. However, it says it's still connected to the network! I checked the host, and it's connected to the internet just fine and everything seems to run. I triple checked the static settings that I gave the guest VM and everything is correct, I even confirmed them with Limestone networks. I can't figure out why this is happening because I did this on Zenex5ive hosting with no problems a few weeks back.

Anybody out there who feels like helping me out? lol I'm pulling my hair out over this stupid network problem!

[louyo]

Post the results of ipconfig/all on both the host and guest.

When you ping the host and your router, what is the response?

Lou

[dirtbikedude]

Hey Lou,

Thanks for the help man, I really appreciate it...I tried pinging both the host and the router and both have no reply, which I'm assuming there's something blocking it from doing so...I just can't figure out what.

Here's the stats on the ipconfig /all command on both the host and guest. Thanks man for the help!

Guest OS

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : teacher

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-DE-CF-1C

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.245.202.91

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 216.245.202.89

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.130.152.7

209.130.152.8

Host OS

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LIMESTON-855182

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : POWERBAND.INTERNET

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

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : POWERBAND.INTERNET

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8

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

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.182.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

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

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1

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

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.213.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-2E-EE-BB-58

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.70

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-D0-87-E7-09

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.245.202.90

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 216.245.202.89

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 209.130.152.7

209.130.152.8

[continuum]

Did you check NIC > VMnet assignement with vmnetcfg.exe ?

You may need to disable automatic bridging and assign manually

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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

[dirtbikedude]

Hey Continuuum,

You are officially my hero!! lol that worked, I can't believe I didn't realize there were two network cards there, it was doing exactly what you were hinting at, connecting to the network card with nothing on it! It's been a long couple of nights, I cannot believe I overlooked that other network card, o well Thanks guys! You just made my weekend!!!!!

Thanks guys! Have a great weekend!!!!