Hello everyone, just last night I came across a weird problem...
Okay well here is my setup...
I have Windows 7 running as my Host OS. I have Ubuntu Linux running as my Guest OS. Now I have pretty much always used NAT as my network setting for VMWare player, yet last night for no reason my internet just stopped working. I did not alter any host/router files or do any kind of network configurations.
So i figured it was just a problem a simple reboot would fix but when I did reboot my computer and ran vmware player again and started linux with NAT my internet was not working.
Now when I would do a ping for google i would get this kind of reply.
ping google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
Now i have no idea what could have caused this, I swear to you all I did not touch anything!
Okay so let me give you some info...
Code:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HP-HP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Win32 Adapter V9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-1B-9A-C9-05
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 74-DE-2B-CD-39-EA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 38-60-77-A9-6D-8C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::15cf:ed6e:3db2:cefe%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 16, 2012 8:24:49 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 17, 2012 8:24:49 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 272130167
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5E-16-A0-38-60-77-A9-6D-8C
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
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::f549:95f9:86b0:9f67%18(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 503337046
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5E-16-A0-38-60-77-A9-6D-8C
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::9d3d:620f:dc40:358c%19(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 520114262
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5E-16-A0-38-60-77-A9-6D-8C
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 VirtualBox Host-Only Network:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-E0-49
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1c2d:ea8:d0e2:a63f%24(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.56.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 671612967
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5E-16-A0-38-60-77-A9-6D-8C
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.{A65B55FA-2216-4B64-A98D-CAC713EAD50B}:
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 Local Area Connection* 9:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{D8F402C7-07A1-4CD2-87F5-8B8298C14B62}:
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.home:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{F302700B-5EE9-43C2-9FA4-B8AC26F5934F}:
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.{DCE77975-4D47-429C-905F-96D4F668A476}:
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.{1B9AC905-D5B3-4ABE-9FF7-8900DDF94D0A}:
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:\Users\Martin Jr>
The thing i notice in that is that my vmware adapters VMNet8 and VMNet1 have dhcp disabled or not enabled however you want to word it.
I am not sure if enabling them will solve this, and if it will how do i enable it with windows?
Here is output from linux:
Code:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:7b:4c:67
inet addr:192.168.142.128 Bcast:192.168.142.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe7b:4c67/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:138 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:32875 (32.8 KB) TX bytes:19753 (19.7 KB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:11867092 (11.8 MB) TX bytes:11867092 (11.8 MB)
from /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 bt.foo.org bt
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
and from /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.142.2
domain localdomain
search localdomain
Now when I am in NAT with vmware player i can ping 8.8.8.8 and I can ping my router 192.168.1.1 but nothing else works.
One other thing that is a bit weird, when I switch from NAT to BRIDGED with vmware player I can connect to the internet just fine, everything works great.
I would really like to figure out what happened here so if this problem arises in the future I will know how to resolve it.
A few things I have tried...
I tried in Windows 7 in my Vmnet8 and Vmnet1 adapter settings, I tried editing IPv4 and instead of using the ip address 192.168.254.1 i selected to get ip address automatically and that did not work.
I also tried disabling ipv6 in my VMNet8 and VMNet1 adapter settings and that did not work.
In linux i tried:
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up
network restart
and that did not work either...
So i am really lost about what to do now...
Why is it working with BRIDGED but not with NAT??
If anyone has any input I would really appreciate it because I am lost about what to do on this issue...
Thank you all for your time and your assistance.
Oh and on a side note on WIN 7 i went to administrative tools -> services -> and check NAT for Vmware and everything vmware related was at "started" and also set to "automatic" so i don't think that is the issue...
-BlackHawk