[AccessD] VMWare VM can't get to the network

Windows firewall is off.  My software firewall is off (for testing this).

I started out using it because it was able to do usb stuff where Virtual PC wasn't able to.  They 
seemed to be similar enough that it didn't matter.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Drew Wutka wrote:
> Or the Window's Firewall.
> 
> JWC, just out of curiousity, why do you use VMWare over Virtual PC?  
> 
> Drew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 11:11 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VMWare VM can't get to the network
> 
> John, if it is a vista laptop and it runs ok on non-vista machine then
> could
> it be the UAM security (or whatever vista calls the blocking of
> everything)
> 
> Just a thought?
> 
> Max
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: 25 May 2009 17:06
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] VMWare VM can't get to the network
> 
> Just an update, the VM itself is on a usb hard drive.  I move that to my
> server running VMWare 
> Server and the VM runs fine and gets out to the network and internet so
> it
> is something on my laptop 
> causing the issue.
> 
> Really a PITA.  I have had many problems getting the laptop to reliably
> run
> VMs.  It works, it 
> doesn't work, it works, it doesn't work.
> 
> ATM it doesn't work.  Sigh.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> 
> jwcolby wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>> I am trying to get VMWare player working with a virtual machine on my
> vista laptop (dev machine). 
>> The VM itself comes up and functions but no connection to my network.
> I
> can't ping any of the 
>> machines on my network, nor can the network ping the vm.
>>
>> I uninstalled, downloaded the latest and reinstalled player but no
> joy.
>> I edited the vmx file to change the mac address, no joy.
>>
>> I don't know where to go on this.  A VM isn't very useful if you can't
> get
> out to the network.