Network between Host Vista and Guest Windows 2K Pr...

Gaurav_Pandey · ‎07-15-2008

Hi

I am VERY NEW to Vmware. I did attempt to search on the forums, however was getting confused.

My Host OS is Windows Vista Home Premium SP1

My Guest OS are Windows 2000 Professional SP2

Another Guest OS is Windows Vista Home Premium SP1

I connect the Host OS to the internet using a Broadband connection.

I have a wireless router which is connected to a ADSL modem.

At this point, the Host and both the Guest OS have Internet Connection. (Both the Guest OS settings are configured to use NAT)

The problem is that, I am not able to make them see each other in a network.

I am not able to make them ping each other too.

I have ensured that Windows Firewall is disabled on the Host OS and the Guest OS (Vista one)

I have not installed any Firewall or Anti Virus on the Guest OS

Any suggestions on what I should do? or somewhere I can read more about this?

I am quite OK if you can provide me a solution in which I can form a network between the Host and the two guest OS.

I am not too keen to provide internet access to the two Guest OS though. (if they have internet access, that would be nice)

Peter_vm · ‎07-15-2008

Please attach/post results of "IPCONFIG /ALL" from host AND all guests.

Provide explicit ping command that you execute and indicate from which machine you ping and what result you get.

Something like:

From host "ping 10.10.10.10" fail

From VM1 "ping 192.168.0.1" pass

Gaurav_Pandey · ‎07-15-2008

Since I would like to have a network between the host and the guest only, I have removed myself from the ISP network. (Wireless is switched off. No network cable is plugged in)

Performed IPCONFIG /ALL on HOST OS (Windows Vista Home Premium SP 1)

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NEWTON-HPP

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-F5-5B-59

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-68-17-5B-86

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{5FB184DC-67C3-4D9E-ACDA-D6C54D2616A1}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{5FB184DC-67C3-4D9E-ACDA-D6C54D2616A1}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{5FB184DC-67C3-4D9E-ACDA-D6C54D2616A1}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 16:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{B637E6AF-9C0E-4E0D-B8BB-994373665A04}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

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The results of IPCONFIG /all on GUEST OS (Windows 2000 Professional SP 4)

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : vm-w2k-pro

Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-23-F0-06

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.32.129

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.32.2

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.32.254

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.32.2

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.32.2

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:35:13 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:05:13 PM

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The HOST OS does not have any IP address. The GUEST OS has the IP Address of 192.168.32.129

From the HOST, when I attempt to ping the GUEST, the following are the results:

Pinging 192.168.32.129 with 32 bytes of data:

PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.

Ping statistics for 192.168.32.129:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

Would you like me to connect to a network and perform the same operations?

Peter_vm · ‎07-15-2008

Are you planning to use VMware in your host being disconnected from all networks?

It is silly to ping from a machine that has no IP assigned.

If this is intentional, you need to allow "host-only" virtual host NIC (on VMnet1) in your system.

Then have guests also connected in "host-only" mode.

Gaurav_Pandey · ‎07-15-2008

Thanks for your reply!

I am a QA engineer by profession.

My laptop is running on Windows Vista Home Premium.

Some of the software which I would like to use/evaluate are not supported on Vista.

For this, my "intentions" were to use VMware. Install Windows 2000 Professional and then install my software.

From the Host, I have to connect to the Guest OS.

Example of software which I intend to use

HP Quality Center. (Installed on Guest)

QTP (Installed on HOST)

SQL Server (Installed on Guest)

SQL Client tools (Installed on HOST)

Using the HOST tools, I have to connect to the GUEST OS's Servers (SQL Server and HPQC)

However, I am not able to network them. I am not a network engineer. Also, very new to Virtualization.

So, my requirement is create a network between the guest and the host. Once done that, I would like to use the HOST applications to connect to the servers on the Guest.

My laptop is not ALWAYS connected to the internet or to any network sometimes.

While I am at home, I use a xDSL broad band connection (I use the Wireless to connect to the wireless router)

While I am travelling or on the road, I use a USB Modem

While, I am at work, I use a hardwired ethernet connection.

However, first I have to get a network between the HOST and the GUEST. The settings and configuration should take into account wheather the HOST is on the network or not.

Is this something we can do in VMware?

Peter_vm · ‎07-15-2008

As I have already said:

"If this is intentional, you need to allow "host-only" virtual host NIC (on VMnet1) in your system.

Then have guests also connected in "host-only" mode."

There is a VMware Virtual Network Settings... configuration. Did you explore that?

Use or Create Host-Only network and have your virtual machines use virtual NICs in the same mode.

Gaurav_Pandey · ‎07-16-2008

I think I found the issue

On my HOST OS's device manager, the LAN 1 and 3 for VMware were disabled. I enabled them.

Selected NAT with the Guest and now I am able to ping the guest from the host.

Pinging the host from the Guest did not work.

I will perform some more research and share my findings.

Thanks Peter. You have been very helpful

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