Dear Users

Since a few weeks i have a problem with connecting to and from my VM's. First i thought has to do with my Windows 11 migration. but now i'm back on windows 10 but the problem still exists. First what is my Configuration:

• VMware workstation 16.2.4 (No i can't upgrade to 17 right now)
• Network  NAT (Brideged mode work but i prefer NAT network)
• Windows 10 local
• Windows server 2019 on vm
• I have access to internet!

I try to give as much as possible information so:

First image of my (NAT) network settings within VMwareVMware NAT network settings

My VM networks on the host:

C:\Users\USER>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration
...
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::bc15:bd55:fa1b:e75f%4
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.130.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ddc6:4bc6:cce8:7763%22
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.122.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

 My networks on the VM:

C:\Users\Administrator>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Ethernet0:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : localdomain
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4db6:3441:cda6:dd6%14
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.122.130
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.122.2

If i ping from host to VM:

C:\Users\USER>ping 192.168.122.130

Pinging 192.168.122.130 with 32 bytes of data:
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.
General failure.

Ping statistics for 192.168.122.130:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

If i ping from VM to host

C:\Users\Administrator>ping 192.168.122.1

Pinging 192.168.122.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.122.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Administrator>ping 192.168.122.2

Pinging 192.168.122.2 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.122.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.122.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.122.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.122.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.122.2:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

So I can not connect to host, but i can connect to the gateway.

If i use Host only network:

C:\Users\Administrator>ping 192.168.130.1

Pinging 192.168.130.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.130.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.130.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.130.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.130.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.130.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms

This workout well too.

And now the most strange part... If i let Nmap do a ping scan i get the following result(s):

Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2022-12-13 10:35 W. Europe Standard Time

Nmap scan report for domain-on.vm.com (192.168.122.130)

Host is up (0.00s latency).

MAC Address: 00:0C:29:36:7F:40 (VMware)

Nmap scan report for 192.168.122.254

Host is up (0.00044s latency).

MAC Address: 00:50:56:FB:5C:A3 (VMware)

Nmap scan report for 192.168.122.1

Host is up.

Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 37.87 seconds

So all Nmap detects all the (expected) IP-addresses. I'm unable to ping the same addresses and i'm unable to go to the VM's domain.

Basically i don't have any clue anymore where to find a solution.