Folks,
Hello. I am using VMPlayer 3.
Host OS: Windows 7
Guest OS:Windows XP and Oracle Linux 5
I need to set up the network and enable Guest OS Windows XP communicate with Oracle Linux 5.
In Host Windows 7 command prompt C:\ipconfig and Its output:
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
IPv4 Address 192.168.196.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: nothing
I configure Windows 7 and add default gateway IP and DNS server for VMnet8 as below:
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
IPv4 Address 192.168.196.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.196.2
Preferred DNS server 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS server 8.8.4.4
In Guest OS Windows XP command prompt C:\ipconfig and Its output:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix: localdomain
IPv4 Address 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask 0.0.0.0
Default gateway: nothing
I configure Windows XP and add gateway IP and DNS server as below:
IPv4 Address 192.168.196.101
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.196.201
Preferred DNS server 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS server 8.8.4.4
In Guest OS Oracle Linux 5, I configure eht0 as below:
[root@localhost /]# system-config-network
IPv4 Address 192.168.196.102
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.196.202
There is no DNS server.
Finally, I test the 3 machines' connection as below:
In Windows 7:
C:\> ping 192.168.196.101
C:\> ping 192.168.196.102
Both commands have the same outputs: Destination Host Unreachable.
In Windows XP:
C:\> ping 192.168.196.1
C:\> ping 192.168.196.102
Both commands have the same outputs: Destination Host Unreachable.
In Oracle Linux 5:
C:\> ping 192.168.196.1
C:\> ping 192.168.196.101
Both commands have the same outputs: Destination Host Unreachable.
As we see above, the 3 machines cannot connect with each other. Can any folk help to solve the issue ?
Very grateful in advance.