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  • 1.  Cannot ping host from guest in host-only VM on Windows 7

    Posted Jul 19, 2014 10:00 PM

    Hi,

    I have a Windows 7 guest and Windows 7 host. The VM is using host-only networking. I cannot ping the host from guest or the guest from host. I have switched off the firewall in the guest and allowed PING. I have less control with the host so have left it as it is.

    I have VMWare Workstation and Player available to me.

    Should I be able to ping one desktop from the other?

    Pinging either way gives the error "Request Timed Out"

    Anyone know what I could do next?

    Thanks

    Jason



  • 2.  Re: Cannot ping host from guest in host-only VM on Windows 7

    Posted Jul 20, 2014 02:40 AM

    Try disabling the Firewall on the host, and if it works you can enable the firewall again and create a rule to allow ICMP: Create an Inbound ICMP Rule on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2



  • 3.  Re: Cannot ping host from guest in host-only VM on Windows 7

    Posted Jul 20, 2014 06:56 AM

    As you said it has to work after disabling the firewall even i had faced the same problem before..