netoworking on VMWare Workstation 5.5

[NeerajKataria]

Hi All,

I have installed VMWare 5.5.5 build 56455 on Windows XP.

I did installed Linux(Red Hat 4) on Vmware.

Now i am trying to ping Linux from my Windows XP ... amd not able to ping the same.

Even i cannot ping Windows XP to Linux.

Tried with the option "Bridged", "NAT" but no success.

Surely i am missing something small but not able to catch it.

Anyone's help is appreciated.

Thanks

Neeraj

[AWo]

Post "ipconfig /all" from host and "ifconfig -a" from guest.

Any Firewall in between?

[NeerajKataria]

LINUX:

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root@neeraj ~]# ifconfig -a

cipsec0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:FC:F8:01:8F

NOARP MTU:1356 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:84:FC:6D

inet addr:192.168.2.100 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe84:fc6d/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:2702 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:9651 (9.4 KiB) TX bytes:122137 (119.2 KiB)

Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1424

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:5590 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:5590 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:4222416 (4.0 MiB) TX bytes:4222416 (4.0 MiB)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4

NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

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WINDOWS:

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C:\Documents and Settings\Neeraj Kataria>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SAMYAK

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

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. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.232.1

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. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.108.1

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

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-CA-F7-9A

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2

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

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

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 27, 2008 1:58:28 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:58:28 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-3C-22-FD-D1

Note:

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I have Internet connection which is not using any Static IP Address, it is set to "Obtain IP Address Automatically".

No firewall is on as it is my personal Laptop.

Thanks

Neeraj

[Liz]

Your guest has an IP of 192.168.2.100 , which is not in the range of any the 3 subnets your host has, this is why its not working - is your guest set to use DHCP?

[Peter_vm · Accepted solution]

Put your guest on the same subnet as host:

Instead of :

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:84:FC:6D

inet addr:192.168.2.100 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

use:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:84:FC:6D

inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

[NeerajKataria]

By my job am an Oracle Apps DBA so not much knowledge on Networking side.

Nope , i am not using any DHCP.

I will try the suggestion given by "Peter_vm" and let this thread know the results.

Do let me know if you want me to test anything else at the same time.

Thanks

Neeraj

[NeerajKataria]

Hi Peter_vm

awesome ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Looks your suggestion has worked for me ....

In first instance am able to ping one of my VMWare node...

I am going to check the same with actual VMWare node and will close this request soon.....

as of now ...... really impressed with the way i got responce from 2 guys ....

Thanks

Neeraj

[NeerajKataria]

Impressed from the exact hit ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Thanks a lot

Neeraj Kataria