I am new and need some help.
I can ping my VMWare 6.7 host from anywhere on my network but I cannot ping my 2 Windows 10 guests or my vCenter vSphere server.
I installed the VMware host and then installed the vCenter server appliance and everything seems to be working. I installed 3 vSwitches because I have 4 NICs on the host.I changed the name of the first bridged switch. I then installed 2 Windows 10 guest and assigned them to the vSwitch-2 but the could not get an IP. The system said I needed to reboot and so I rebooted and when my system came up, I the have the following situation:
1. The host is working and I can ping the host from computers outside the host.
2. I lost access to the vCenter server and I cannot ping it any more and it will not come up on my browser
3. The 2 Windows 10 guests cannot ping the host or each other even though I assigned them IPs in the same subnet and they are in the same vSwitch.
So the host is working, but I cannot get to any of its guests and the guests cannot communicate with each other, the host, or anything for that matter.
I will appreciate your help
Please elaborate on your network setup (hysical, and virtual).
Maybe some screenshots will help.
I installed 3 vSwitches because I have 4 NICs on the host.I changed the name of the first bridged switch.
What's the reason for multiple vSwitches, and what exactly did you rename?
The 2 Windows 10 guests cannot ping the host or each other ...
Did you allow ICMP traffic in the Windows 10 guests' firewalls?
André
Hi
Its's looking like windows firewall. Did you check the firewall windows?
Windows firewall is not active. This is not affectingly only Windows 10 guests, it is also affecting the vCenter server also because I cannot connect to it in my browser. If I login with VMware Workstation 15, I can see that the vCenter and the 2 Windows 10 guests are all running.
The reason for multiple vSwitches is that I want each physical NIC to connect to its own switch. One of these switches will be in promiscuous mode to allow for monitoring devices.