I've installed linux guest machine with oracle10g RAC on winxp host, I am trying to

connect to my guest machine from the host but no way, anybody can help I will appreciate, pinging is not working also

I have two vm networks bridged and host-only.

here is my config

root@rac1 > ifconfig -a

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:E1:63:DA

inet addr:192.168.2.131 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fee1:63da/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:748 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:112425 (109.7 KiB) TX bytes:4032 (3.9 KiB)

Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1480

eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:E1:63:DA

inet addr:192.168.2.32 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1480

eth0:2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:E1:63:DA

inet addr:192.168.2.31 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1480

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:E1:63:E4

inet addr:10.10.10.31 Bcast:10.10.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fee1:63e4/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:496 (496.0 b) TX bytes:756 (756.0 b)

Interrupt:15 Base address:0x1800

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:6348 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:6348 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:5369756 (5.1 MiB) TX bytes:5369756 (5.1 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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this is from my host

C:\Documents and Settings\omar>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : omarlaptop

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. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

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. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1

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

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-E4-DF-2E-26

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.106

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.12

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.12

213.42.20.20

195.229.241.222

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:45:51 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:45:51 AM

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and here my *.vmx file on the host

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "700"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "localdisk.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "FALSE"

ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

usb.present = "FALSE"

sound.present = "FALSE"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

displayName = "rac1"

guestOS = "rhel4"

nvram = "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.nvram"

disk.locking = "FALSE"

diskLib.dataCacheMaxSize = "0"

scsi1sharedBus = "virtual"

scsi2.present = "TRUE"

scsi2:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi2:0.fileName = "E:\vm\rac\sharedstorage\ocfs2disk.vmdk"

scsi2:0.mode = "independent-persistent"

scsi2:0.deviceType = "disk"

scsi2:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi2:1.fileName = "E:\vm\rac\sharedstorage\asmdisk1.vmdk"

scsi2:1.mode = "independent-persistent"

scsi2:1.deviceType = "disk"

scsi2:2.present = "TRUE"

scsi2:2.fileName = "E:\vm\rac\sharedstorage\asmdisk2.vmdk"

scsi2:2.mode = "independent-persistent"

scsi2:2.deviceType = "disk"

scsi2:3.present = "TRUE"

scsi2:3.fileName = "E:\vm\rac\sharedstorage\asmdisk3.vmdk"

scsi2:3.mode = "independent-persistent"

scsi2:3.deviceType = "disk"

scsi2.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet1.present = "TRUE"

ethernet1.connectionType = "hostonly"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

scsi2:0.redo = ""

scsi2:1.redo = ""

scsi2:2.redo = ""

scsi2:3.redo = ""

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet1.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d fa ca f9 aa 05 63-76 5f 87 eb b9 e1 63 da"

uuid.bios = "56 4d fa ca f9 aa 05 63-76 5f 87 eb b9 e1 63 da"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:e1:63:da"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:e1:63:e4"

ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.fileName = "D:"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

workingDir = "."

ide0:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"

tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"

sharedFolder0.hostPath = "C:\Software\Oracle Downloads\"

sharedFolder0.guestName = "tmp"

sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"