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aroundincircles
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cannot RDP into vms/access management console, but I can ping them.

I am 99% sure this is a firewall issue, but not sure how to resolve.

Desktop:windows 10 pro

VMs: vcenter, esxi, and windows 10.

I can ping the vms, vms have internet access (at least the windows 10 one does). but when I try to access them through rdp or their admin consoles I am getting an error "this site cannot be reached"

I am using bridged network, but I tried nat as well, and that didn't work either.

what am I missing?

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aroundincircles
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I ended up creating a new nat network under the network editor, and connected all of my vms to it. Don't know why, but that solved my issue.

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a_p_
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Only a guess. Did you try to temporarily disable the host's firewall?


André

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scott28tt
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If you can ping them, you have network/IP connectivity - host OS or guest OS firewall would be the places to check.


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aroundincircles
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I ended up creating a new nat network under the network editor, and connected all of my vms to it. Don't know why, but that solved my issue.

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