windows 7 - VMWare Win7 guest on Win7 host can't access internet

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2013-08
  • DontVoteMeDown

    I have a Win7 guest on VmWare Workstation 6.5 running on another Win7 that is on a notebook with wireless network. Seeking this same problem on web pages I do not found and answer for my problem not even a problem like mine.

    I tried Bridge or Nat, changing windows network adapter confs on the two OS, and change settings on Virtual Network Editor too. But none worked.

    My notebook ip is something like 192.168.1.170, gateway is 192.168.1.1. Even setup virtual adapters to this subnet and this configs on DHCP not worked. My great doubt is what type of connection to use on VM (Bridge, NAT, etc...) and what adapter to change (VMNet0, VMnet8) or create a new one.

    I don't know how to combine those options to make it works.

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  • Pat

    I use Custom VMnet8(NAT) on the Virtual Machine.

    In the Workstation "Virtual Network Editor" set

    Tab NAT/ VMnet host = VMnet8.

    Tab DHCP/ Virtual Network = VMnet8

    Quit and restart Vmware after Workstation network setting changes; if not sometimes they do not work properly.


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  • iRSX

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    Back / Forward mouse buttons do not work in VMWare Workstation 6.5 Guest OS

    I have a problem very similar to this but my host system is Win7 and my guest system is OS X 10.6. I already have usb.generic.allowHID = TRUE in my vmx file. I also tried steermouse. USB overdrive crashes for me after installation+restart at the window asking me to configure/buy/try. Any help is appreciated.

    EDIT: I think all the buttons "work", but the 4th and 5th (back/forward) buttons are detected as the third button (middle click). When I click the 4th or 5th button in Firefox the auto-scroll action is triggered.

    EDIT: SOLVED! (It won't let me answer my own question for some reason, so I'm posting the answer as an edit.)

    I either figured it out or found a work-around. This probably only works for a laptop or a computer with two mouse input devices. What I do is power on my virtual guest machine (OSX), connect my usb mouse, a new device (a usb mouse) shows up in the status bar of vmware at the bottom right. Right-click the new device, choose "Connect (disconnect from host)". It then gives me an error saying the host needs the device for input. Then I pull out my mouse, wait 2 seconds, and plug it back in. VMWare will then automatically use the mouse for the guest machine. You will not be able to use it for your host machine, so use your laptop's touchpad for that if you need to access the host. Note: you MUST choose "Connect (disconnect from host)" and get the error first! If you don't do this, VMWare will not automatically connect the mouse to the guest. I tried!

    By the way, I also have usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE" and mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE" in my .VMX file as well as SteerMouse installed on my Guest machine (OSX). Don't know if these things are important or not.

    Hope this helps for people looking for a solution.


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  • Area 51

    I either figured it out or found a work-around. This probably only works for a laptop or a computer with two mouse input devices. What I do is power on my virtual guest machine (OSX), connect my usb mouse, a new device (a usb mouse) shows up in the status bar of vmware at the bottom right. Right-click the new device, choose "Connect (disconnect from host)". It then gives me an error saying the host needs the device for input. Then I pull out my mouse, wait 2 seconds, and plug it back in. VMWare will then automatically use the mouse for the guest machine. You will not be able to use it for your host machine, so use your laptop's touchpad for that if you need to access the host. Note: you MUST choose "Connect (disconnect from host)" and get the error first! If you don't do this, VMWare will not automatically connect the mouse to the guest. I tried!

    By the way, I also have usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE" and mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE" in my .VMX file as well as SteerMouse installed on my Guest machine (OSX). Don't know if these things are important or not.

    Hope this helps for people looking for a solution.