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Monday, November 24. 2008
Windows 7 and VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 still have networking issues
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Does this mean you got VMware to install on yout Win7 box? I'm running 6801 64 and I had no such luck trying to install VMware...
I just got it to work! Here's how I did it:
I am using VMware Player on Windows 7 Build 6801. The guest OS is Windows XP SP2.
On the host Windows 7 machine, open Network Connections. Right-click the network adapter that goes to the Internet and click Properties. Click the Sharing tab. Check the "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection" box. In the "Home networking connection" box, select the VMware NAT adapter--on my machine with two physical NICs, it was "Local Area Connection 4". This will reset your IP to 192.168.0.1 -- you will need to readjust your home router to allow your machine to have that address. I added a second router just for the Windows 7 machine.
Start the VM. Don't use DHCP--assign the VM's virtual network adapter a manual address of 192.168.0.5. That's it--my guest machine is on the Internet!
I am using VMware Player on Windows 7 Build 6801. The guest OS is Windows XP SP2.
On the host Windows 7 machine, open Network Connections. Right-click the network adapter that goes to the Internet and click Properties. Click the Sharing tab. Check the "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection" box. In the "Home networking connection" box, select the VMware NAT adapter--on my machine with two physical NICs, it was "Local Area Connection 4". This will reset your IP to 192.168.0.1 -- you will need to readjust your home router to allow your machine to have that address. I added a second router just for the Windows 7 machine.
Start the VM. Don't use DHCP--assign the VM's virtual network adapter a manual address of 192.168.0.5. That's it--my guest machine is on the Internet!
Thanks mate, the advice worked fine for me, despite the fact, that sollution is not so cute, as I would prefer.
Actually, I didn't get, why should I configure some routers. Mine windows7 did not change hosts IP, so none of the port forward rules on the router fail. I have set on the guest machine manually the IP (192.168.137.1), w7 told me in the tooltip after applying the sharing settings as a gateway, and 192.168.137.5 as an IP, DNS like the host machine. Seems, that w7 has created a virtual gateway.
Actually, I didn't get, why should I configure some routers. Mine windows7 did not change hosts IP, so none of the port forward rules on the router fail. I have set on the guest machine manually the IP (192.168.137.1), w7 told me in the tooltip after applying the sharing settings as a gateway, and 192.168.137.5 as an IP, DNS like the host machine. Seems, that w7 has created a virtual gateway.
if you have another guest vm do a search on c:\windows\inf for text containing vmxnet copy the inf files to a flash drive, then copy c:\windows\system32\drivers\vmxnet.sys to the same flash drive
install the drivers in windows 7 using the files you just copied to your flash drive.
install the drivers in windows 7 using the files you just copied to your flash drive.
Do you mean install the vmxnet.sys drivers on the VMWare Windows 7 host? The aspect that confuses me about your post is "another guest vm".
Does this make networking work with the Windows 7 host and VMWare guests? I will find out soon.
Does this make networking work with the Windows 7 host and VMWare guests? I will find out soon.
HI,
You can use any Windows XP or Vista VM where the Network works.
Go to the ..\program files\vmware\vmware tools\drivers
directory and copy the vmxnet folder via your Host Desktop to the Windows 7 machine. Then use the Device Manager to update driver and point to the vmxnet directory.
After the driver is installed everything worked fine for me.
Michael
You can use any Windows XP or Vista VM where the Network works.
Go to the ..\program files\vmware\vmware tools\drivers
directory and copy the vmxnet folder via your Host Desktop to the Windows 7 machine. Then use the Device Manager to update driver and point to the vmxnet directory.
After the driver is installed everything worked fine for me.
Michael
Did not work for me.
Error:
"Check for missing files failed:
Dictionary problem"
Error:
"Check for missing files failed:
Dictionary problem"
Any update on this now that beta 1 (build 7000) is released? Any news on tips/workarounds to get networking/usb functional?
good job e1000 is confirmed working for me, windows 7 guest on a windows xp sp2 machine
SIMPLER WAY TO INSTALL VMNET DRIVERS
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I installed windows 7 beta on VMware and had the same problem: there was no driver for the simulated network card.
All I needed to do was install the VMware host tools using the option on the VM menu. That had a driver in it and after rebooting the VM it connected to the network flawlessly.
Copying the driver and inf file across from another install probably works, but it's a bit unnecessary!
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I installed windows 7 beta on VMware and had the same problem: there was no driver for the simulated network card.
All I needed to do was install the VMware host tools using the option on the VM menu. That had a driver in it and after rebooting the VM it connected to the network flawlessly.
Copying the driver and inf file across from another install probably works, but it's a bit unnecessary!
The e1000 didn't work for me. I had to install VMWare Tools and then the network driver worked just fine. VMWare Player 3.0.1 downloaded the Tools automatically as .iso files in C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player. I could then mount windows.iso as the CD drive in VMWare player and the setup started automatically.
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