windows Windows7 +VMware + XP = No networking

[w0nder]

Having issues with setting up my network with XP inside windows 7 with VMware. I have googled for days now with no luck to my issue. Only thing that I can see that looks fishy is that when I do "ipconfig" inside virtual machine, it does not show that I have a MAC Address.. Hmmmm..

 

I am pretty much lost at this point. I have used the NAT, I have bridged the connections to use the host network, but just no luck..

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

 

 

 

 

[Krauersaut]

Simple question, have you already installed VMWare Tools?

[Term!n@tor]

she already has. you can see the tools icon next to clock in xp. i have never used networking while using vmware, i wanted isolated guest for some erp and db applications. so cant really say what ur problem might be.

if ur router cant assign a different ip address to both guest and host, try using NAT or creating a virtual network on host and have guest join it.

if nothing works google some more

[Krauersaut]

she already has. you can see the tools icon next to clock in xp. i have never used networking while using vmware, i wanted isolated guest for some erp and db applications. so cant really say what ur problem might be.

if ur router cant assign a different ip address to both guest and host, try using NAT or creating a virtual network on host and have guest join it.

if nothing works google some more

Whoops, stupid me. Should have noticed that.

wonder, could you manually assign a MAC address through Windows Device Manager?

I'm sure you've already tried VMWare's Troubleshooting Guide?

[w0nder]

I have tried all of the above..

 

 

Could it possibly be that the host machine is behind a switch? Basically it goes, modem to router (one PC on this end) then to a switch to my other two PCs..

 

 

I tried to get into my router and wouldnt you know it, I cant.. Says "not available"

 

 

HAS to be the switch, I got nothing else...

[Term!n@tor]

DO you have internet on the host?????

[Krauersaut]

Have you already tried to install a small Linux in VirtualBox to see if the problem is VMWare?