I have VMWare workstation 8 installed on a windows 7 machine. I have RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 running as a guest OS under VMWare. I am trying to get my web browser from windows 7 host to connect with my guest RHEL web server? I've disabled windows firewall.
VMware's Network settings options are as follows: Bridged, NAT, Host Only, or Custom.
The IP address of the guest OS varies depending on the network option I choose; When I type the variable IP address into the browser of my guest OS, it resolves to the default Apache page. However, when I try this in my host's browser I cannot connect to the server.
I am not using a physical Ethernet connection. I am connected wirelessly to the internet using WiFi network adapter. However, I should be able to connect to the guest OS server without the use of the internet correct? I believe I should be able to use the virtual network adapter to route to the virtual guest server all inside of my machine locally.
i ran ipconfig in windows command prompt which gave the below results:
** note that i am using bridged settings in vmware currently.**
Windows IP Configuration
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::58f3:b55f:b8d9:ed7e%16
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.71
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : memphis.edu
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5899:5315:29c1:3772%24
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.91.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5031:ad1d:7cb0:4161%25
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.244.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Tunnel adapter isatap.{CBB0C40D-6807-4838-A0FC-A6ED59C79F7A}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Tunnel adapter isatap.gateway.2wire.net:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Tunnel adapter isatap.{73368103-5EF9-45EF-89E8-70BD3282EECE}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Best Answer
NAT is rarely the best choice for a VM machine and I really can't understand why it's generally the default. Change it to bridged mode (or whatever that's called on VMWare products) and your problems will simply disappear.