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VMware Workstation 7 Physical network connection

Hi there,
I just installed two domain controller on Vmware Workstation 7. i have domain from any name. I had network connection before I installed DC and joined them to domain. After that, I don't have any network connection. i configure Network Adapter as "Bridge". Could you please show me how I have the network connection for virtual machine.
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John

If you are using the "Bridged" network connection, your machines (host and guests) need to get their IP address from a source external to the host machine (like an external router or a server). So if you have DHCP running in any guest machines, you need to disable it.

You can try NAT, but NAT gives you a different subnet for your guests and also NAT uses VMware's built-in DHCP server, so there still could be a conflict there.

Look in the Virtual Network Editor (part of the VMware installation) and look at the custom adapters. See if any of these might help.

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lnkevin

When you bridge your network, your vms share the physical network connection with the host. Your DC is also a DNS server. I suggest you to use the same subnet from the router and disable DNS on your router so you can use the DC DNS. The reason you lost connection just because your vms use the Internet router's as a DNS server instead of using your DC as a DNS server. Also, your host needs to run static IP address instead of DHCP.

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I have DHCP on my host and I cannot use the static IP address. What should I do?

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