Hey there everyone,
I'm somewhat new to VMWare, but work in IT and I'm avid enough to figure some things out. I've recently purchased Workstation 9.0.2 and I've run into networking issues. Prior to this, I was using the simple Player (v4.0.5) which was working just fine.
So, before I decide to get a refund and re-install Player, here's my problem:
I have a laptop running Win7 64-bit Pro as the host and a Win7 64-bit guest. Neither one can talk to each other. I've set the guest Network adapter to "Custom" which is configured to use "VMNet0" w/ Auto-bridging to a slew of adapaters on the host. There are two other VM adapters configured as "Host-only" and "NAT" (VMNet1 and 8, respectively). The guest has only 2 adapters, a disabled Bluetooth and an enabled Local Area Connection. After trying many things, even some from the VM forums, I still can't get it to work. No matter how many times the guest tries to connect to the host network, it fails. The host network happens to be a corporate wireless connection. However, the VM connects to other host networks once outside the corporate area. The host OS, however can connect to the corporate wireless net.
Things I've tried:
- changing the network type to "Work" or "Home" instead of "Public", which is what the guest identifies it as
- running the Win7 Network troubleshooter w/ no success - a proper IP address doesn't get assigned
- went to a VM YouTube video on how to work w/ the Network Preferences editor, or whatever it's called
- modified the Win7 Inbound firewall rules to allow Public traffic for VM rules already configured
Available system-configured (as in, "not created by me") VM Firewall rules are:
1. VMWare Authd
2. VMWare Authd (private)
3. VMWare Workstation Server
4. VMWare Workstation Server (private)
Only rules 1 and 3 were modified, specifically the "Advanced" tab, by checking the "Public" box
- viewed the contents of my .vmx file to ensure that settings are correct as configured. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:
.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "9"
numvcpus = "2"
cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"
memsize = "4096"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows 7 x64-cl1.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.fileName = ""
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
displayName = "Win7 64-Bit_vmWSv9"
guestOS = "windows7-64"
nvram = "Win7 64-Bit_VMWS9.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "FALSE"
powerType.powerOff = "hard"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "hard"
extendedConfigFile = "Win7 64-Bit_VMWS9.vmxf"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:8F:1C:BA"
vmci0.id = "-1631876206"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
uuid.location = "56 4d 5b 0c 65 05 3c aa-78 be 1d a2 7e 8f 1c ba"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 5b 0c 65 05 3c aa-78 be 1d a2 7e 8f 1c ba"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
unity.wasCapable = "FALSE"
replay.filename = ""
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 6c 65 05 3c a0"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
usb:1.speed = "2"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:1.port = "1"
usb:1.parent = "-1"
gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "fullscreen"
hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "C:\_workspace"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "Software Archive"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "session"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "fullscreen"
usb.autoConnect.device0 = ""
vhv.enable = "FALSE"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
softPowerOff = "TRUE"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "FALSE"
policy.vm.mvmtid = ""
vc.uuid = ""
ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet0"
ethernet1.present = "FALSE"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:0.deviceType = "hid"
usb:0.port = "0"
usb:0.parent = "-1"
I'm done scratching my head. Any thoughts from the general public are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ivan.