while i use VMware, i have one host XP and two client XP(192.168.17.7 and 192.168.17.8).?

Question

two clients can use internet. but why they can not ping each other? their network card ip,mask and gateway are following,
192.168.17.7 255.255.255.0 192.168.17.2
192.168.17.8 255.255.255.0 192.168.17.2
anyone can help me out? thanks.

Answer 1

because they work on 1 interface and only 1 can be on at a time. and the ping at 127.x.x.x. microsoft loop back adapter.

Answer 2

There are a few questions I have to ask. In VMware, do you have AntiVirus turned on. Is Windows Firewall set to block ICMP requests?

Can 192.168.17.2 ping the other two computers? Are you pinging by computer name or IP address?

Answer 3

Usually because they have their firewalls turned on.



If you want your XP VM's to ping each other, either disable the firewall or enable ICMP requests.

Answer 4

Usually because they have their firewalls turned on.

so disable firewall and also the antivirus running in ur pc