Using VMware player 4.0 build 471780 on a Windows Vista Ultimate computer to run a host-only network, for a Novell Course 3078, that consists of two Linux virtual servers (DA-CORP and DA-IDM) and a single virtual workstation (DA-SLED).
The course configuration requires I select Host Virtual Network Mapping and select the button beside VMware Network Adapter VMnet1; then select Subnet. Then it has me enter IP address 172.17.0.0 and subnet mask 255.255.0.0.
Next, it has me go to my Network Connections and select VMnet1 and set the IP Address in TCP/IP properties as 172.17.12.150, subnet mask 255.255.0.0 and preferred DNS server 172.17.12.101.
Next, I copied the two Linux virtual servers and single virtual workstation to C:\Users\Steven\Documents\My Virtual Machines folder.
Note: I have attached a Zipped file with five screenshots of my setup.
Problem:
When I use the ping command in a terminal window on each machine to test communication between all three Virtual Machines I get “network not reachable” error.
DA-SLED 172.17.12.101 (DA-IDM)
172.17.12.102 (DA-CORP)
DA-CORP 172.17.12.101 (DA-IDM)
172.17.12.103 (DA-SLED)
DA-IDM 172.17.12.102 (DA-CORP)
172.17.12.103 (DA-SLED)