host and guest cannot ping each other with bridged networking

[Foodyborris]

I have a win10 host with a debian jessie guest and bridged networking. Host and guest can access everything they should, except they cannot access/ping each other. win10 exports a mount over smb and the linux mounts it and this gives me a shared partition. It has worked in the past. Sometime (maybe a few months ago?) it stopped working. It turns out that host and guest cannot ping each other at all. I also tried a quick new guest and it has the same problem. I also tried the work laptop and host/guest cannot ping each other with bridged networking. And a friend with a winxp guest inside win10 host also cannot ping between each other. This has worked in the past as I used guest accessing host for the shared partition.

Windows 10 Pro version 1607 OS Build 14393.693

VMware® Workstation 12 Player 12.5.1 build-4542065

Is there any magic hoop jumping required now? Or maybe has a small bug crept in and gone unnoticed for a while? I'm thinking I shouldn't have to do anything other than say bridged networking. I've tried reinstalling etc. The fact that at least 3 independent machines exhibit the same issue suggests it's more subtle (or blunt!) than me messing up my home desktop though. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

Borris

[sdbhabal]

Disabling DNE LightWeight filter done the trick for me.

Many thanks.

[Nikhil_129]

If the host and guest operating systems in a virtual machine environment cannot ping each other using bridged networking, it could be due to several reasons, including:

1. Incorrect network settings: Verify that the IP addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways are set correctly on both the host and guest machines.

2. Firewall restrictions: Ensure that the firewall is not blocking ICMP (ping) packets on either the host or the guest.

3. Driver compatibility issues: Some virtualization software requires special network drivers to be installed on the guest operating system to support bridged networking.

4. Virtualization software configuration: Verify that the virtualization software is configured correctly for bridged networking and that the correct network adapter is selected for bridging.

5. Network connection issues: Make sure that both the host and guest machines are connected to the same network and that the network connection is working properly.

If you are still facing this issue, you can check the logs or error messages generated by the virtualization software and the host and guest operating systems for more information.

[ViRtUaL739]

Thank You!! Totally worked, Workstation 17