Hi,
Network Diagram
I have a Dell Server (192.168.10.10) connected to Windows laptop (192.168.10.5) via regular Ethernet Cable. The Dell is running ESXi (192.168.10.15) server on it. A Firewall VM (firewallsm, 192.168.10.7) is running on the ESXi that has network 10.0.64.0 / 27 behind it.
On the Windows laptop I have VMware Workstation installed, A Firewall VM (firewallwm, 192.168.10.3) is running on it with the network 192.168.28.0 / 27 behind it.
I wanted to connect the network running on ESXi (10.0.64.0) to VMware Workstation's Host-Only network on my laptop. I tried many things like adding a static route route add 192.168.10.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.99.0, ICS (Internet Connection Sharing), putting the VMware Workstation's Host-Only in 192.168.10.0 network, adding a Bridged NIC to firewallwm VM in VMware Workstation, none of these worked. The Dell Server would just not ping any VM in Host-Only network (192.168.10.2) interface of VMware Workstation even though both (dell and VMware Workstation Host-Only) were in the same network 192.168.10.0/24.
I eventually Bridged the windows Ethernet LAN (Connected to Dell) to Host-Only NIC of VMware Workstation (192.168.10.1), and finally got it working but every now and then the Bridge causes BSoD with Bridge.sys file.
I need to know how can get the 2 networks connected without a Bridge in Windows, any router software I can use.
I have also created a firewall VM with a Bridged NIC in VMware Workstation - 192.168.1.11
ESXi - 192.168.1.18
Dell - 192.168.1.19
Windows - 192.168.1.20
Basically all in .1 subnet to see what all pings.
Windows can ping the ESXi but not the other way around, and so nothing on ESXi can ping anything on VMware Workstation either.
Any other way I can get this working.
