I am using VMWare Player 3.1.0 on Host OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. My guest is is SUSE Linux ES 10. My guest OS (SUSE) runs JBoss App Server which I access from host using HTTP. I used a "Bridged" connection to set up all this.
My problem:
When I am connected to network on the Host (using wired network adapter) I can connect to the http server on the Guest OS and browse the application. However, when I am disconnected from the network on Host (unplugged the wire), I cannot access to the guest OS app server and browse the application. I use the guest OS ifconfig command to find out ip address of the guest OS. This ip address does not change whether connected or disconnected. I have even tried using Wireless Data card, but that does not work either.
I have tried "NAT" as well as "Host Only" connection and rebooted the guest but it does not work either. I think for some reason the guest OS can only recognize the physical network card (which is disconnected).
I need to run this machine (my laptop) independently of the network because I use this for demo and need to be able to connect from my host OS to Guest OS.
I am not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to do, but I do know setting up a working NAT configuration will offer you the most flexibility.
Click the networking icon and select settings, Select NAT.
Follow these steps on your Unix OS
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
Make a backup of your ethernet adapter configuration
cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0.bak
Next modify the settings to look like the following:
DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
HWADDR="What ever was here on your system"br/>
NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
ONBOOT="yes"
Save your changes
Restart your network adapters
/etc/init.d/network restart
Try nslookup www.google.com
You should now be able to connect back and forth from your Windows Host and Linux guest.
theJay28
-p.s. I had screenshots, but I do not have the 10 points yet to post images.
I figured that the solution is to restart the VM after making the changes to the NetWork setting on the VMWare. I selected Network for the VM as "Host Only" shutdown the VM and started it again. After that I was able to do what I wanted to do (i.e. browse the web application on guest from the browser in the host machine) without connecting the host to the network.
So key to the solution in my case was to make the network changes and restart the VM.
Any comments suggestions welcome...
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I have a PC running Windows 10. On that PC I have VMWare hosting a Windows 10 VM. I can run the VM without issue from the local machine. The VM has a typical Windows PC Name, different from the base machine.
When I try to make a Remote Desktop connection from a different PC to the VM using the VM PC Name, it connects to the base machine. I can see the VM running on the base machine and control it.
I need to be able to run several VM's on this base machine and then use RDP to run remote desktop sessions on the VM's.
Other configuration info:
The VM Network is configured as NAT and I have followed the instructions here
(https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1018809)
If I change to Bridged for the Network then I can ping my other PC from the VM if I set up a
fixed IP address - nothing if I try DHCP but that may be due to company network constraints.
In Bridged mode, I can't ping back to the VM from my other PC. (Edit: fixed, this was just Network Discovery and Firewall settings)
I need this system running on Windows 10 as our IT department doesn't want to support my application (even though they agree to it being used) which means I can't go to a Windows Server option. Also, the VM's need to be Windows 10 for application compatibility.
All the equipment under test is in the same LAN subnet and on a single, dumb switch.
Any help would be appreciated.
Launch the menu item VM > Settings.
Search the start menu for command prompt from within the virtual machine. Enter ipconfig in the prompt and search for a value following the IPv4 Address. Record this address for later use.
Now select the menu item Edit > Virtual Network Editor.
Select the NAT network type and then choose NAT Settings.
From this new prompt, click Add to include a new port forwarder.
Enter the following information: Host Port: 9997, Type: TCP, Virtual machine IP address: Enter the IP you recorded in Step 2.
note: This port number is 3389 by default, Save any open prompts so the configuration changes can take place.
The final step is to enable RDP connections from within the operating system itself.
I have a VMWare Player (14.1.2 build-8497320) running a Ubuntu 18.04 guest on a Windows 10 host. The Ubuntu guest has a LAMP stack that runs a few web applications. I am using NAT to connect the Ubuntu guest to the Windows host's network.
I can access these applications by using the local IP address of the guest (e.g., http://192.168.80.128/mediawiki) from my Windows host. But I want to access it like so from my Windows host: http://localhost/mediawiki. I think this should be possible if I can forward the port 80 of my Ubuntu guest to that of the Windows host.
How do I make this happen please? I don't have access to VMWare Workstation and its Virtual Network Editor.
Edit: I should probably add the motivation for wanting to do this. Basically, I want to avoid figuring out the IP address of the virtual machine everytime I access the web applications.
The (further) reason is that the local IP address of the Ubuntu guest might (I suspect) change, and that will affect quite a few things, such as the base URLs configured in the webapps' configuration files (e.g., the $wgServer variable in LocalSettings.php of MediaWiki).
VMWare Player supports port forwarding over NAT natively:
In the file C:\ProgramData\VMware\vmnetnat.conf put under section [incomingtcp] a line like:
80 = 192.168.80.128:80
Then restart the VMWare NAT Service :
net stop "VMWare NAT Service"
net start "VMWare NAT Service"
Source/credits: https://hitchhikingtheweb.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/portforwarding-with-vmware-player-and-nat/
Also: VMWare documentation of this
You can do it using SSH Tunneling for example.
From windows you open a tunnel from the windows port 80 to the ubuntu port 80.
You can do it using Putty on Windows and having the ssh deamon running on ubuntu, which I guess you should already have.
There are many tutorials on how to do this.
I'll add just one link, but you can always google it and find one that suites you.
Portforwarding with SSH (Putty)
For the possible changes in the guest’s ip:
If you can’t fix the ip in settings then perhaps you can edit the windows hosts file and add a host name for the current Ubuntu ip. Then build the urls using the host name. If the ip changes you change it in the hosts file.
I'm having trouble creating a network link between my Hyper-V host machine and its VM (both are running Windows 10).
I created an virtual external switch for both the host and VM so that both can access the internet and download programs and Windows updates, but I could not get them to communicate with each other directly. My research told me to create a virtual internal switch in Hyper-V and then have the devices be able to access each other that way (presumably by doing something like typing \\host_machine_IP\c$ into an explorer window once the network connection had been made). But once I created the virtual internal switch and assigned static IP address to both the host and VM on it, I still could not ping the host from the VM, or vice versa.
Am I missing a step? Let me know what more details you guys need.
By default you would have Windows Firewall blocking your communications until you confirm network profile to be other than Public. Try selecting a home\work network location profile via Control Panel > Network and Sharing canter. Or disable the firewall on the machine you try connecting to. Otherwise you should have no communication problem with the setup described, provided the subnet is the same for both machines.
I am using OSX Mavericks and VMWare Fusion v6.0.2.
I am running two Virtual machines, one Windows 7 Pro, and the other Debian Sid.
I do not wish to use NAT networking through the Host, I prefer to have the VMs sitting directly on the network, but I am having a problem getting the bridged networking functionality of VMWare Fusion working correctly. I have set the VMWare Network preferences page to Bridge the VMs to the Mac internal WiFi adapter.
Both VMs can ping the router, and they both get valid DHCP assigned IP addresses for the LAN. They can both connect to the Internet over the network bridge and browse and download files.
My problem is when I wish to communicate between the VM->Host, Host->VM, or VM->VM over other ports. For example if I try to SSH from OSX Host to the Debian VM, the request times out. The Windows 7 VM has a SQL Server running on it, but I cannot connect to it from the OSX host, or from the Debian VM. The Debian VM has a xsp4 web-server running on port 8080, but neither the OSX host nor the Debian VM can access it.
I can ping from Host->VM, VM->Host, and VM->VM with no issue, they can all see each other on the network, and the OSX host is sharing network folders to the Windows 7 VM without a hitch. It seems like it is allowing some communication, such as DHCP requests, Ping requests, Windows Network Shares, and Web Browsing, but is not allowing anything else.
I have turned off the Windows Firewall, OSX Mavericks firewall is turned off, and the Debian VM doesn't have selinux or iptables firewalls installed.
I have found several similar question threads while researching this problem, but a lot of them are for much older versions of VMWare Fusion, or are for VMWare Workstation which has different network preferences.
I can get these scenarios working to a degree if I switch VMWare's network settings to use NAT instead of bridging, but that messes up the IP addresses of the VMs, I want to keep them on the same network.
For what its worth, I did eventually come up with an answer for this.
There are two different versions of VMWare Fusion 6.x, Standard and Professional.
I was using the Standard version.
I changed the licence for a Professional licence, which allows you to add new network configurations in VMWare Preferences (and other cool things like that).
I added a new network with the default options, then assigned all of my VMs to that new network interface. I also turned on Promiscious mode in settings, but that might not have changed anything.
I then rebooted the VMs, set them up correctly to work on their new IP addresses, and Lo and Behold, I was able to establish connections between VM->Host and VM->VM. Exactly what I wanted.
I realize that this post is several years old, but since I had such a hard time with an issue similar to this, I wanted to post my answer as well, though I am not positive it really solved my issue. No problems still.
My setup:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
OS X El Capitan
My problem:
In order to allow me to clone my private school git repository using ssh keys, I have to run a bridged network connection for my Windows 10 Eduction VM using VMWare Fusion.
What I've Tried:
http://www.kapilarya.com/windows-sockets-registry-entries-required-for-network-connectivity-is-missing
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1016466
And several other blog posts and forum replies, all attempting to do somewhat the same thing.
Answer:
After numerous attempts to reset just about everything you could, I took a step back and brainstormed. Then I thought, if my host machine (Macbook Pro) could connect wirelessly to the internet, this bridged connection should still work. I checked the Network Adapter's MAC Assigned to the VM's Network Adaptor and it was different from my host computer's wifi address (MAC Address). I then entered my host machine's wifi network address (MAC Address) in as the effective MAC Address for the Windows VM Network Adaptor and..voila, internet.
I've attempted to search the forums for any insight on whether this is possible or not with no luck. I have a Windows 7 Host Machine running an Ubuntu 10.04 Virtual Machine with VMware Player. When I am not connected to the VPN my Ubuntu VM can access the internet using NAT bridging by bridging the VMware Network Adapter 8 connector to the Wireless Adapter in the Windows Network Connections dialog. If I connect to my company's VPN on the Windows host using Cisco AnyConnect VPN without changing any other settings, the VM can access the internet but cannot reach any intranet machines.
Is it possible to share this single host VPN connection with the Ubuntu VM?
If so, how can I configure the VMware Player or bridged connections to achieve this?
Thanks in advance for any help!
You have to open new Network Adapter.
For do that ;
1. Right Click on Your Virtual Machine
2. Under the table of "Hardware" tab click on "Add..." button
3. Choose "Network Adapter" and press "Finish" button
4. Choose your new Network Adapter.It will be add with new numb under your last network adapter.
5. From right side of the page , choose 'Bridged" in "Network connection" tab
6. Check "Replicate physical network connection state"
7. Click on ok
8. Run your vpn on your main OS and then run your Virtual Machine
9. Enjoy :)
We have a draytek router and use the Windows VPN client on the host. Its possible this may be dependent on the type of VPN and possibly how its configured IE security etc but certainly for this type of simple setup, the following works for me.
You should be able to share a VPN on the Host with the Guest by using NAT instead of Bridged mode:
The steps I use are as follows:
Connect to the vpn from the host and verify it's accessible
View the settings for the VM
Select 'Network Adapter' from the Hardware list
Under 'Network Connection' Select the option 'NAT: Used to share the host’s IP address'
Once the VM has started or applied the settings, the VPN should now be accessible from the guest.
It turns out this is not possible. You can't share the VPN connection between host and vm.