NIC on Vista guest OS does not work

[MazH]

I'm running VMware Workstation 5.5.5 build-56455, on a Win XP Pro Host system.

I just installed Windows Vista Business, as a Guest OS, but I cannot get the networking component to function.

How do I get this to work?

The "actual" NIC in my Dell workstation is a Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller, if that's relevant at all.

Regards

MazH

[AWo]

Welcome to the forums!

Post "ipconfig /all" from host AND guest and the content of the .vmx file of the guest.

AWo

VCP / VMware vEXPERT 2009

[MazH]

Thanks for the quick response.

ipconfig/all from host:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : lukpc113

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : companyname.org

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

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : companyname.org

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. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.1

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. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.183.1

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

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

roller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-B9-33-FC-A1

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.138

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.71

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.71

192.168.1.13

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.13

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 14 July 2009 11:47:22

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 22 July 2009 11:47:22

ipconfig/all from guest:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : VM-PC113-WinVista

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

Content of the .vmx file of the guest:

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "1024"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows Vista (experimental).vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

displayName = "VM_PC113_Win_Vista"

guestOS = "longhorn"

nvram = "Windows Vista (experimental).nvram"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d dd 56 98 a4 cd 56-1f 30 e9 db fb c3 cc b2"

uuid.bios = "56 4d dd 56 98 a4 cd 56-1f 30 e9 db fb c3 cc b2"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:c3:cc:b2"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

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MazH

[AWo · Accepted solution]

It seems that the virtual NIC is not installed in the guest, otherwise you would see an adapter in the guest "ipconfig" with an APIPA address.

Install the VMware Tools in the guest (you should always do so). It contains the correctdrivers for the virtual NIC.

AWo

VCP / VMware vEXPERT 2009

[MazH]

Mant thanks for that, it worked perfectly!... have a nice day!

Regards

MazH