VMware workstation 6.5 VMs (Host-only network with static ip address) cannot ping each other

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I had specified Host-only network and disabled the dhcp server that comes with the Host-only network.

I had setup the following network config,

vm1
ip address: 192.168.147.2
netmask: 255.255.255.0
no default gateway

vm2
ip address: 192.168.147.3
netmask: 255.255.255.0
no default gateway

From VMware workstation documentation, my Host-only network is set to 192.168.147.0.

With the above, I tried to ping between each VMs but can't.

Appreciate any advice, thanks.

Best Answer

Host-only network will not work, because this means you can only ping yourself.

What you can do is create a new VMnet and put both VM's in that VMnet. In this way you should be able to let them ping eachother