VMware Workstation 11 – Host Unable to Ping Guest VM

I recently ran into an issue in which I was unable to ping a guest VM from a host machine. Let me explain my scenario before jumping into how I resolved the issue.

I built a Linux VM running on Windows 7. This VM included all the Oracle BI related products such as database, DAC server, Informatica server, and several others. I installed the DAC client and Informatica client on the Windows 7 machine. I configured the VM network to NAT. This was working great without any issues. I could connect from the host to VM using either an Ethernet port or Wi–Fi.

When I tried the same image at the client’s side it did not work. I could not ping from host to VM guest. I started getting an error. The first thing that I thought of was to change the connection over to Host-only for the VM network, and the issue still was not resolved.

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There are several related solutions available in the internet, but it all depends on the configuration of the machine, and the firewall rules. In my case, I updated the Kaspersky virus scan to latest version, and thought that might be blocking the connection. Later found that was not true.

Solution:
So, what did I do to resolve the issue? Here are the steps:

• • Disabled the VMware Network Adapter VMNet8

• • Changed the properties for the Internet Protocol Version 4 under VMWare Network Adapter VMNet8 to Obtain an IP address automatically

• • Removed the network from the VM
  • Enabled the VMware Network Adapter VMNet8
  • Re-added the Network to VM, and set it to NAT

• Restarted the machine

After following the above steps, it started working.