Greetings all!
I am running Windows 7 as a host and RHEL 5.X as a guest
in VMWare Player.
Upon installing the RHEL guest the VM could hit the internet, ping the host,
and access shared files on the host -- sweet!
Unfortunately, the host could not ping the guest.
I have yet to find a clear, concise set of instructions to make this happen...
But, search I did...and after reading some different docs and a couple hours
of tweaking the VM has complete connectivity to the host, internet, and other
guest VMs...Also, the host can ping the guest, and a browser on the host
can access the admin console of a web-server running on the guest.
So...that's all great...
The problem -- I can't replicate it!
I've installed and configured several more guest RHEL 5.X VMs, but even
when running a new VM side-by-side with the old VM
to compare settings, the host cannot ping the guest...
The work-around -- copy the fully-networked VM and manully update the .vmx and vmxf files...
This trick works, but I would rather know/understand the real solution...
Here is the .vmx file for the fully networked machine:
.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "8"
numvcpus = "2"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "1448"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "NETWORK.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.fileName = ""
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "static"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "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 = "NETWORK"
guestOS = "rhel5-64"
nvram = "NETWORK.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "FALSE"
powerType.powerOff = "hard"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "hard"
extendedConfigFile = "NETWORK.vmxf"
vmci0.id = "-167558204"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
uuid.location = "56 4d 67 bb dd 08 42 c9-3d df 35 96 18 d5 25 80"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 67 bb dd 08 42 c9-3d df 35 96 18 d5 25 80"
cleanShutdown = "FALSE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
unity.wasCapable = "TRUE"
replay.filename = ""
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "33554432"
usb:1.speed = "2"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:1.port = "1"
usb:1.parent = "-1"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "TRUE"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "C:\standard_installs"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "standard_installs"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "fullscreen"
gui.viewModeAtPowerOn = "fullscreen"
ide0:0.present = "FALSE"
ethernet0.address = "00:50:56:32:77:DE"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:0.deviceType = "hid"
usb:0.port = "0"
usb:0.parent = "-1"
