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Check the networking settings in VMWare. &nbsp;I know in VMWare Workstation you have to have the networking on the Virtual Machine set to what I believe is bridged mode. &nbsp;That gives it direct access the the network. &nbsp;NAT mode translates all traffic to the host machine's IP address.
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Check the networking settings in VMWare.  I know in VMWare Workstation you have to have the networking on the Virtual Machine set to what I believe is bridged mode.  That gives it direct access the the network.  NAT mode translates all traffic to the host machine's IP address.

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How did you set up your VMware networking: Bridged or NAT? &nbsp;And if NAT, did you set your host firewall to permit the VMware traffic. That is usually what I forget when I cannot get from VM to host or vice-versa. <br />
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The earliest RedHat system I used was V7, and I recall having to set up Samba on the RedHat machine, but that was some years back. ... T<br />

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How did you set up your VMware networking: Bridged or NAT?  And if NAT, did you set your host firewall to permit the VMware traffic. That is usually what I forget when I cannot get from VM to host or vice-versa.

The earliest RedHat system I used was V7, and I recall having to set up Samba on the RedHat machine, but that was some years back. ... T


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thanks Prince_ban, &nbsp;Scenario 2 solved my problem. 
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thanks Prince_ban,  Scenario 2 solved my problem.

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&nbsp; I have a linux 5.2 server setup in vmware and I have giving it a static ip address but I can't ping anything in the network or I can't ping the linux from any other system in the network. I'm not familiar at all with this OS, so please be specific. 
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Hi Experts,

  I have a linux 5.2 server setup in vmware and I have giving it a static ip address but I can't ping anything in the network or I can't ping the linux from any other system in the network. I'm not familiar at all with this OS, so please be specific. 

Unable to ping  to and from this vmware instance running linux 5.2 GUI

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