Hello Community
My goal is to get Guest connected to Internet while Host isolated from Internet. I have limited experience with Microsoft Hyper-V and it is possible with a single checkbox there. For the VMWare Workstation, I can't find any fresh recommendations on how to do this. My current Workstation network setting is "Bridged".
I've already tried following this advice with no success: Using a network adapter only with the VMware Workstation guest virtual machine (1020359) If I disassociate the network adapter (Intel Wi-Fi on a laptop) from all the protocols except VMWare Bridge, the Guest Internet connection fades as well.
Please help me
To have guest-only internet access on WS pro, I would use the Host-Only networking mode. This isolates the host system from the internet while still having internet access to the guest virtual machine.
Thanks for your reply. Actually, the default configuration for Host-Only network isolates guest from lnternet, and I need exactly opposite. I read this https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/17/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-93BDF7F1-D2E4-42CE... If there is a way to configure the mode to isolate host and enable guest, please share.
I would try giving the host phony gateway and DNS addresses.
not sure why you want to disconnect the host, but you have 2 options :
1- connect USB Wi-Fi Adapter to the guest, and disconnect the host.
2- use firewall to block all programs except vmware. i recommend Comodo, the firewall is free and the best, and full internet security is so cheap. or TinyWall if Comodo is difficult to configure
Thanks for advice. The use case is: my work requires hardware gpu acceleration and isolation from Internet (apparently on host). Firewalls untrusted. At the same time I'd like to browse web (on guest).
For example, Hyper-V enables this scenario with ease. But I look for Workstation cause it much better with video-audio stuff which I'll need in web.
I'm going ask VMWare tech support and post result here.
Not sure if I can do such tricks without step-by-step instructions, unfortunately.
@nicomalkov wrote:Not sure if I can do such tricks without step-by-step instructions, unfortunately.
Then your best option is to buy usb wifi adapter, you can find one as cheap as 5$. cheap good brands can be between 10 and 15$, and you will always find a way to use it.
One method I've recommended in the past (however, I'm not sure if it would work in your use case - but it's worth a try) is on your host's physical NIC settings, to disable everything except the VMware Bridge Protocol. That way the host cannot use that NIC, but VMware can - and the guest will use it's normal networking clients/protocols via the bridging.
Hi RDPetrushka ) As far as I understand, your method was the first I've tried. No success, it shuts the internet for the guest too.
So far I found no way to open a technical support case before I purchase the product from VMWare. I have opened a non-technical support case on product evaluation. Hope this helps and I'll share the solution with the community.
jen2 , it will definitely work, thx. But I'd like to not occupy usb ports on my notebook because I'll use them all.
My experience after almost two months of working in Player is this: VMWare Player does not have native functions for disabling the Internet connection for the host (For example, Microsoft Hyper-V does).
The only thing that somehow worked was to disable all network protocols except VMWare, IPv4 and IPv6. At the same time, I deliberately mixed up the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and masks. This resulted in the Internet being unavailable within a regular browser. However, some programs and Windows itself were able to update without being affected by this.
Sad