[AccessD] VMWare vm NIC no longer works

The odd part is that the NIC reports receiving and sending hundreds of 
thousands of packets, while simultaneously reporting that it doesn't 
even have an IP address.  Manually assigning an IP address does not good 
in terms of allowing contact with the real world.

What a PITA.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com



John Bartow wrote:
> Remove the virtual NIC and reseat it. The virtual contacts may have formed a
> slight corrosion preventing good contact.
>
> ;o)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W Colby
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:20 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] VMWare vm NIC no longer works
>
> I have a VM that I have been using for months.  I turned it on this 
> morning and it can't see the network, can't browse the internet.  The 
> windows firewall was turned back on.  It had downloaded a windows update 
> and rebooted just before the issue started, though I had not tried to 
> use the VM before rebooting, IOW I powered on, it downloaded the 
> updates, rebooted and here we are.
>
> The NIC was complaining that it was being issued an IP address that was 
> already in use.  However I then manually set the address to a known free 
> address, and while it shows packets being sent / received, it still will 
> not allow firefox to browse, nor the virus detector to download updates.
>
> Other than the object rollback, any ideas?
>
> I so hate this stuff.  It often feels like I spend more time keeping my 
> systems working that using them to get work done.
>
>