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VM not seeing network computers
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Host puter is Mac OS X. I'm running VMWare with a Windows 7 VM. That Mac can see the other network pc and the shared printer. Problem is that the Win 7 VM can NOT. I've verified that network discovery is on and file and printer sharing is on. All pc's have the same workgroup name. When I browse for network computers on the VM it only sees itself. Any ideas? I'm new with using VMWare. Thanks.
Host puter is Mac OS X. I'm running VMWare with a Windows 7 VM. That Mac can see the other network pc and the shared printer. Problem is that the Win 7 VM can NOT. I've verified that network discovery is on and file and printer sharing is on. All pc's have the same workgroup name. When I browse for network computers on the VM it only sees itself. Any ideas? I'm new with using VMWare. Thanks.
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Can your VM get to the internet?
Network browsing is always a problem maker, is the browsing service enabled in the Windows 7 VM, can you ping or use other network services, is it just the browsing that is not working?
Additionally, if your VM has a fake IP from VMWare, and isn't getting a real IP from the subnet your other devices are on, you will not be able to see them with network discovery.
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VM is on the internet, no problem. I will try posted solutions in a little bit. Thank You!
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I switched to bridge mode and then I was able to see the other workstation on the network. However, I'm getting an ip conflict error. I'm doing this remotely and it keeps kicking me off and I keep having to restart the VM after having to log back in remotely. It's getting time consuming. Any suggestions to fix this while I'm still remote?
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dang it. I gave the VM a static ip and i still got disconnected while trying to install a remote printer. :(
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I don't know why, but after several attempts and restarts it finally started working. Now I'm having a printer issue with a printer that is directly connected via usb to the iMac (host). When I do an install of the printer on the VM, it finds the printer (as a network printer) and adds it as printer with a LPT port. Is that normal? When I try to print from the VM, it won't print. Suggestions?
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thank you.