I upgraded lately to Workstation 16 and I have huge problems with connectivity and I am already kind of frutrated from the issue.
The problem: I have ubuntu 20.04 runnig the latest Vmware tools and the newest version of Workstation. Guest can ping host (192.168.67.2) and it can access internet through NAT network adapter but host cannot access guest at all - no ping reply or TCP connection possible.
I am running in Ring level 3 along with Docker. Neweset Windows update. No special firewall rules in Linux, I can also cannot see any packets coming in when running tcpdump -i any -n
UPDATE 1: I cannot also ping from the Windows host system the guests default gateway (192.168.67.2).
12/09 UPDATE 2: I reinstalled Vmware Workstation and it was working 1 day. After reboot not working again
12/15 UPDATE 3: I tried to change the NAT network to 192.168.68.128. No effect. Created completely new VM, fresh install of Ubuntu, not working. VMs can ping themselves between each other though.
12/16 UPDATE 4: I will reinstall now again, and keep you updated.
Defender Firewall completely disabled.
Switch config:
VMX file:
displayName = "ASROCK-DevLinux"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "18"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
guestOS = "ubuntu-64"
nvram = "ASROCK-DevLinux.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
numvcpus = "2"
cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
memsize = "6272"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
sata0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "ASROCK-DevLinux-000004.vmdk"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
sata0:1.fileName = "auto detect"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "786432"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
serial0.fileName = "thinprint"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
extendedConfigFile = "ASROCK-DevLinux.vmxf"
gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "fullscreen"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 7c d6 3c fb f8 1f-b1 11 64 be f0 34 1f 8e"
migrate.hostlog = ".\ASROCK-DevLinux-9ab0daf7.hlog"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
sata0.pciSlotNumber = "37"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:34:1F:8E"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "-265019506"
monitor.phys_bits_used = "45"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304"
vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "268435456"
softPowerOff = "TRUE"
usb:1.speed = "2"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:1.port = "1"
usb:1.parent = "-1"
svga.guestBackedPrimaryAware = "TRUE"
sata0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "6"
toolsInstallManager.lastInstallError = "0"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
uuid.location = "56 4d 7a 60 0d 6b 62 e1-43 02 fd e3 9c cf b5 49"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "TRUE"
svga.vramSize = "268435456"
guestOS.detailed.data = "bitness='64' distroName='Ubuntu' distroVersion='20.04' familyName='Linux' kernelVersion='5.4.0-56-generic' prettyName='Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS'"
vmotion.svga.mobMaxSize = "1073741824"
vmotion.svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "786432"
vmotion.svga.supports3D = "1"
vmotion.svga.baseCapsLevel = "9"
vmotion.svga.maxPointSize = "1"
vmotion.svga.maxTextureSize = "16384"
vmotion.svga.maxVolumeExtent = "2048"
vmotion.svga.maxTextureAnisotropy = "16"
vmotion.svga.lineStipple = "0"
vmotion.svga.dxMaxConstantBuffers = "14"
vmotion.svga.dxProvokingVertex = "0"
vmotion.svga.sm41 = "1"
vmotion.svga.multisample2x = "1"
vmotion.svga.multisample4x = "1"
vmotion.svga.msFullQuality = "1"
vmotion.svga.logicOps = "1"
vmotion.svga.bc67 = "9"
vmotion.svga.sm5 = "1"
vmotion.svga.multisample8x = "1"
vmotion.svga.logicBlendOps = "1"
checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "C:\DEV"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "DEV"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
sata0:0.present = "TRUE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
sound.present = "FALSE"
sata0:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
sata0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
sata0:0.fileName = "auto detect"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:0.deviceType = "hid"
usb:0.port = "0"
usb:0.parent = "-1"
sata0:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
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First question(s)...
Was this running prior to upgrading to Workstation 16, and if so, what version was being used?
Has the version of Ubuntu changed?
With simple NAT interface, the host will only be able to reach the guest if the host has a route to the NAT'd subnet. Do a "netstat -r" command in the host. See example below. In the purple/pink area, if you don't see a destination to your NAT subnet, that answers why your host can't reach the guest. If we determine this is the fundamental reason for the disconnect, we can later try to find-out why that route is not getting installed in your host routing table. If the route exists and points to the proper pseudo-interface, then we must debug why the packets aren't getting there.
Regards
Ray C