How to connect VM machines to internet

jskfan
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I have VM Workstation. I have installed windows 2008 and linux Fedora as Virtual machines within VM workstation. on the VM settings, the ethernet Network Connection is set to Bridged.
However, I cannot connect to internet neither from Windows nor from Linux.

Any help?

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Subhashish Laha
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Please check below things

1. NIC is set to Connect at Power ON
2. VMTools installed
3. Change NIC connection from Bridged to NAT and try accessing Internet.
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow)VMware and Virtualization Consultant
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are the machines receiving a DHCP IP Address?

do you use DHCP on your LAN

or select NAT for both in the VM Network Settings
coolsport00
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Sometimes a simple reboot of your Host workstation will clear things up. Bridged or NAT will work (should work) for you.

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jskfan

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I still don't know why I cannot connect to internet..
the VM does not pick up IP address.
Ok....if I need to set the IP address of the VM manually.. which IP should I use as Default Gateway, because on my laptop when I run the Ipconfig /all, I see IP for the wireless adapter and IPs for the VMnet8 and Vmnet1 or 3.. I don't remember since I am not in front of the laptop computer now
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow)VMware and Virtualization Consultant
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if using Bridged the default gatewaybfor your LAN
jskfan

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hanccocka

I have installed VMWorkstation on my laptop, virtual machines(windows 2008 and Linux Fedora) are installed inside VMWorkstation.
My Laptop is connected to internet wirelessly.
Windows2008 and Linux Fedora are set to get IP automatically through DHCP.
I set them to Bridged , it did not work then to NAT and it did not work.

This is my laptop IPCONFIG
=======================

  
C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TEST-PC
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-5D-43-CA-9D-23
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #
2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-5D-43-CA-9D-20
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-5D-43-CA-9D-20
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-5D-43-CA-9D-1F
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f05c:6a11:73ff:e86a%12(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 28, 2012 1:21:09 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 30, 2012 3:27:21 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 325606723
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-4C-2C-31-8C-89-A5-03-C3-8D

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Killer e2200 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Contr
oller (NDIS 6.20)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-89-A5-03-C3-8D
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
1
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7492:720b:d25c:1001%17(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.17.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 335564886
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-4C-2C-31-8C-89-A5-03-C3-8D

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
8
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::19b6:60b3:b87f:6cd8%18(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.248.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 352342102
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-4C-2C-31-8C-89-A5-03-C3-8D

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{FA4D5D5F-EF4F-4B2A-B8DE-5DE3CC303601}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{F5E5C94E-0A96-4B2E-9CBC-BA5671482004}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{E74DAB4C-EDB1-4F26-9642-1F68812FE2EA}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{766F655A-5488-408F-B59C-EA66D18CEFED}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{D6E50738-83C6-4876-A41B-0E7630BEA344}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{4776ABC8-6BA5-4AE7-9B60-A1B5E7C6C6BE}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{A3CFF511-FB9C-47B7-B410-C29646F8742F}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #7
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\>

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jskfan

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Commented:
I disabled IPv6 on my wireless adapter as well as on my windows 2008 VM ,but still did not resolve the issue
jskfan

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Commented:
Mmmm,
iI configured local area connection for windows 2008 as static with DG IP the same as the one of my laptop wireless adapter, Now the Local area connection, does not show "unidentified" as it used to be. but when I run ipconfig /all on windows 2008, it shows :
dhcp enable=NO
Autoconfiguration enabled=yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 address=169.254.46.16(Duplicate)
 Subnet Mask=255.255.0.0
IPv4 address=192.168.1.3(Duplicate)

I cannot ping windows 2008 IP (itself), nor the DG,nor the IP of the laptop wireless adapter.
jskfan

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Commented:
something wrong...I rebooted w2008, now the adapter shows "unidentified network"
jskfan

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Commented:
I used this link instructions. it worked up to where I  can ping myself(win2008) as well as DG 192.168.1.1, but cannot get to internet.
http://lyngtinh.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-disable-autoconfiguration-ipv4.html
jskfan

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Commented:
I rebooted win2008
now when I ping 192.168.1.1
I get Destination host unreachable.

that s weird.
jskfan

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Commented:
Wow...I have no idea how I got it working:
the thing I remeber I have done was...changing it back to Bridged..then run Ipconfig /flushdns then Ipconfig /registerdns.
I remember I have run ipconfig /flushdns before a bunch of times, but it did not resolve the issue.
it could be that ipconfig /registerdns resolved the issue....but I am not sure where it will register DNS...??? since it s a standalone server.
coolsport00
Top Expert 2010
Commented:
@jskfan...the really sounds like the issue I had like a yr ago. I posted on here & me & @hanccocka worked through everything but still didn't work. I think I ended up rebooting, maybe even did an ipconfig /flushdns kind of thing & it worked. With Workstation, your VMs are getting their IP from the 'internal' DHCP of Workstation....no DNS.

Well...regardless...glad it's working for you now :)

Regards.
~coolsport00
jskfan

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Commented:
I can ping DG 192.168.1.1
I can get to internet....
But I still cannot ping the IP address of my laptop wireless adapter 192.168.1.2 from VM (win2008)

in case I want to \\192.168.1.2\C$ and run a program from there, I will not be able to.
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow)VMware and Virtualization Consultant
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Expert of the Year 2017
Commented:
can you ping the following IP address:-

158.152.1.222 ?

can you traceroute to

158.152.1.222 ?
jskfan

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Commented:
Yes I can ping 158.152.1.222 nd able to Traceroute using Tracert
the 19th hop shows : demon-du-demon.co.uk [158.152.1.222]
jskfan

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Commented:
The one thing that I cannot understand is on my laptop windows7, when I open command prompt and the ping by reverse IP and hostname, I cannot 2 different outputs, though IPv6 is not enabled.

C:\>ping -a 192.168.1.2

Pinging TEST-PC [192.168.1.2] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>ping test-pc

Pinging TEST-PC [fe80::7492:720b:d25c:1001%17] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from fe80::7492:720b:d25c:1001%17: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::7492:720b:d25c:1001%17: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::7492:720b:d25c:1001%17: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::7492:720b:d25c:1001%17: time<1ms

Ping statistics for fe80::7492:720b:d25c:1001%17:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>
VMware and Virtualization Consultant
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Commented:
Internet is working then!

DNS resolution is working, and traffic is passing through your gateway to the internet.

that's local DNS issue
jskfan

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Commented:
hanccocka
sorry for the delay.
When you say Local DNS, are you  talking about DNS client? because I have not installed any DNS server.

plus, even when I type \\192.168.1.2\C$
to see what is in my laptop C: drive , I cannot get to it from VM
jskfan

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Commented:
I will close this question for now and open one later when I do some testing
jskfan

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Commented:
Thank you

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