WMware 7.1 Virtual Machine W7 and W2008 DHCP problem

[tomtoka]

Hello

I have WmWare 7.1 trial so far,

made two virtual machines

a) Windows 7 trial

b) windows 2008 R2 trial

Host system Windows 7

both virtual machines are working

windows 2008 server is faine,  working, and the network is also OK  (I am getting an IP address from the DHCP)

windows 7 - problems

first there was no network card, ( missing drivers) windows was not able to locate a network card, so I installed a driver manually from WM folder (fromy my host system)

now I have on W7 network card, but it can't locate DHCP server, and I am getting an IP address AIPA 169.254.x.x

I was googling, checking WMware knowledgeBase,  can't find the answer what to do to fix the windows7  (thats the problem I guess)

any answer - appreciate, and thank you

tomt

[tomtoka]

After reinstalling w7 AGAIN  the sytuation is OK  both systems have IP addresses

both system are ABLE to ping default gateway,   but they do not ping each other!  ;(

they are both in the same subnet

helppp pleae

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

By default Windows 7 and Windows 2008 will not respond to pings. You need to allow this in the Windows advanced firewall settings.

André

[tomtoka]

Thank you, just fixed that!,   turned off firewalls, 

now, I am working on net use

when I try to map net use n: \\ip address\share /user:tom password

it says that error 67 ( network name not recognized) so I am working on it

tom

[a_p_]

Does net use \\ip-address\ipc$ /u:administrator password work?

André

[tomtoka]

I am ding (imagex  ) ony win7 , after that will try to( net use) and copy that image to server 2008

everything on MWWare Workstation

will let u know if that works

thank you very much!  I appreciate your help

Tom

[tomtoka]

Yes it does !!

thank you

jezzz WMware is powerfull ,  it is a great tool,

thank u

[tomtoka]

it says

The user context supplied is invalid

the user and password I type are ok

[a_p_]

From the last two replies I understood "net use \\ip-address\ipc$ /u:administrator password" worked , but you are then unable to map the drive using aother userID!? Once a connection to a server exists, all subsequent connections use the same credentials (the "/u:user password" arguments cannot be used in that case). You cannot map a drive from the same server with another userID, unless you first delete all existing mappings. What you can do - if you need connect to a server with 2 different accounts - is to map one drive using the server's hostname and another one using the server's IP address.

André