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The network bridge on device VMnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged Ethernet interface

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error : The Virtual machine may not be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your network

I am using a windows 7 Home Basic machine. Upon that i have installed the Vmware workstation. After installing workstation i created a LINUX VM as a guest OS on it(LINUX MINT 13). after installing Linuxmint(While installing i have selected Bridged network ony). Iam accessing this linux machine from the putty in the host OS(win7)...Putty detected the Guest OS(Linux Mint) ip address and i can happily working on it for some days...I don't know how Ip address can be set to the Guest OS(Linux Mint)...

Suddenly one day i installed the Vmware Tools and now iam not able to connect to the Guest OS(Linux Mint)via ipaddress...from the host OS(win7) using putty by ip address of guest OS .....but unfortunately i didn't find the guest ip adderess while giving ifconfig -a it is not showing the ip address as shown previously(i.e. before installing Vmwaretools)
.... But i don't know how Vmnet1 and Vmnet8 adapters are created(attached images)....instead of vmnet0...

I have tried in many blogs but i didn't find answer for it...iam trying to research on it i got vexed finally i found ur site....i guess you people....will give a pleasure to me....this error is killing my head actually...

Once this issue got solved i have so many questions in my mind... i will clear it out one by one.

ALL IP ADDRESSES INFORMATION IN MY WINDOWS7 MAchine as below.


C:\Windows\System32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

PPP adapter Vodafone Connect:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Vodafone Connect
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.109.210.204(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.174.30.244
                                       10.11.230.3
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Mobile Broadband adapter Mobile Broadband Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HUAWEI Mobile Connect - Network Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 58-2C-80-13-92-63
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n 1x1 Wi-Fi Ada
pter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-06-E6-08-74-40
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : asiapacific.hpqcorp.net
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A0-B3-CC-75-11-FB
   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::718f:b5f7:765:e53f%25(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.171.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 419450966
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-22-F3-B4-A0-B3-CC-75-11-FB

   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::810a:8e17:9fc:5dde%41(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 687886422
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-22-F3-B4-A0-B3-CC-75-11-FB

   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.{766FE2E0-064C-4F7C-BA07-016EBF7F4257}:

   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.{821A038A-C56C-43AF-B119-28717850BCCF}:

   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.{846F8B08-AD3F-4BC2-B4DE-136892C60993}:

   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.asiapacific.hpqcorp.net:

   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 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   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
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:10de:cd9:f592:2d33(Prefe
rred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::10de:cd9:f592:2d33%17(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{74AA165C-4C81-4272-91A9-1E5BAD8046CD}:

   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.{E3F9118A-8EE4-4A75-8EA2-2D94B0737E76}:

   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

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Could any one please help me on this please...........
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On your windows box, there is a utility for managing the virtual network adapters vmnet(?)
Look in All Programs under VMware. It allows you to control settings such as dhcp server nat etc on these adapters.
Here is a screenshot of the Virtual Network Editor
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@bevhost  ....Thanks a lot for your answer .... I have already tried this as well....

Could you please find the screenshot attached as well..

Could you please help me on this...please...when ever i power on the linux VM it is still showing the error...

The network bridge on device VMnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged Ethernet interface...
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@bevhost... But I no need any internet connection..........what i need is i need to connect the Linux VM which is on vmware workstation....i wan a access that machine using putty from my Host machine ...i.e. from windows 7....with out internet connection also i have connected previously and worked as well.... But now not able to do so.....why i don't know...what happened to my system i don't know....any way i have tried as NATUser generated image i.e. using NAT....surprisingly it worked as well...........Thanks a lot for your help and suggestion...absolutely awesome.........

A million Thanks to you......................
User generated imageUser generated imageI have another question for you if you don't mind..Iam new to DNS...I would like to connect the Linux mint machine not using ip address(inet addr:192.168.200.128 )..I would like to connect it by using a machine name....how to implement DNS...

For this i have created one windows VM...in the workstation typically i have used..windows 2008R2 server machine could you please advise how to implement DNS in network...so that i connect linux VM using the machine name not using IP address... Thank you for helping again..

now iam installing windows2008R2 server... i will tell you once it completed.
C:\Windows\System32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

PPP adapter Vodafone Connect:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Vodafone Connect
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.135.117.102(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.174.30.244
                                       10.11.230.3
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Mobile Broadband adapter Mobile Broadband Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HUAWEI Mobile Connect - Network Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 58-2C-80-13-92-63
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n 1x1 Wi-Fi Ada
pter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-06-E6-08-74-40
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : asiapacific.hpqcorp.net
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A0-B3-CC-75-11-FB
   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::718f:b5f7:765:e53f%26(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.171.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 419450966
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-22-F3-B4-A0-B3-CC-75-11-FB

   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::810a:8e17:9fc:5dde%27(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 687886422
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-22-F3-B4-A0-B3-CC-75-11-FB

   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.{766FE2E0-064C-4F7C-BA07-016EBF7F4257}:

   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.{E3F9118A-8EE4-4A75-8EA2-2D94B0737E76}:

   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.{846F8B08-AD3F-4BC2-B4DE-136892C60993}:

   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.asiapacific.hpqcorp.net:

   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 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   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.{81DB7B40-6D69-4BF6-9956-6D34B188AC7E}:

   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.{821A038A-C56C-43AF-B119-28717850BCCF}:

   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:\Windows\System32>


An Excellent thinking by you....it works well
You might be able to add a hosts entry on your windows box
eg in file
\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

192.168.200.128 hostname.youlike.com
If you want to prevent the linux box from having internet access,
use the host-only network instead of NAT.
@bevhost Thanks a lot for your suggestions and sorry for the late reply.. actually i was in a vacation for last 4 days...i was not able to access the internet.

My aim is to know the How DNS stuff works.....as i told you earlier i would like to connect the Linux mint machine via putty from the Win7 host OS using machine name(instead ip address) So that i installed the DNS server which came along with the AD Directory services in the W2K8R2 server as VM in the  vmware workstation and set the static ip as well.
Please find the attachments as well and advise awaiting for your replyUser generated imageUser generated imageUser generated imageUser generated imageUser generated image                          HOST Machine windows7 ip address
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C:\Windows\System32>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


PPP adapter Vodafone Connect:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.128.242.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0

Mobile Broadband adapter Mobile Broadband Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : asiapacific.hpqcorp.net

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::718f:b5f7:765:e53f%26
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.171.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::810a:8e17:9fc:5dde%27
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.1
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{E3F9118A-8EE4-4A75-8EA2-2D94B0737E76}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{846F8B08-AD3F-4BC2-B4DE-136892C60993}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.asiapacific.hpqcorp.net:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{81DB7B40-6D69-4BF6-9956-6D34B188AC7E}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{821A038A-C56C-43AF-B119-28717850BCCF}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

C:\Windows\System32>

VM1 Linux mint ip address:
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192.168.200.128

VM2 Windows 2008 R2 server:
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static ip :   192.168.200.135
@bevhost Thank you for your quick answer i will read that article carefully and i will try to implement in my system. If i can get any problems i will contact you again...

A million thanks to you !!!!!!!!!


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You should probably ask any more new questions in a different thread.