I recently ran into an issue in which I was unable to ping a guest VM from a host machine. Let me explain my scenario before jumping into how I resolved the issue.
I built a Centos 7 based VM , but VM was not reachable from the host machine. I tried multiple solutions but no luck. So here is a working solution for this issue.
There are several related solutions available on the internet, but it all depends on the configuration of the machine and the firewall rules.
Solution:
So, what did I do to resolve the issue? Here are the steps:
- Disabled the VMware Network Adapter VMNet8
- Changed the properties for the Internet Protocol Version 4 under VMWare Network Adapter VMNet8 to Obtain an IP address automatically
- Removed the network from the VM
- Enabled the VMware Network Adapter VMNet8
- Re-added the Network to VM, and set it to NAT
- Restarted the machine
After following the above steps, it should be started working !!!!!!!!!!
If It worked for you then, please share !!!!!!!!!!!!!!