The current version of VMWare (Workstation 6.5.1, 6.5.2, Server 2.0.1, Player) doesn’t support NAT on Windows 7 (RC1). Typically you can ping servers and do nslookups but not use your Internet Browser or ssh/telnet etc.
But you can use the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).
A more complex solution by removing all virtual adapters can be found in this VMWare Forum thread but this made some troubles on my PC so I simplified these instructions.
First Step: change virtual IP
- Run “Manage Virtual Networks” (VMWare Player: start vmnetcfg.exe from installation directory) with administrave rights
- go to “Host Virtual Network Mapping” tab, select the “>” next to VMnet1 and (if necessary) change the subnet to something different than 192.168.137.0 (for example 192.168.50.0) and click apply
- go to “Host Virtual Network Mapping” tab, select the “>” next to VMnet8 and change the subnet to 192.168.137.0 and click apply
- go to “NAT” tab, click edit and change gateway IP adress to 192.168.137.1 and click apply
It is not necessary to restart the NAT service.
Second Step: enable ICS
- open the “Network and Sharing Center” and click “Change adapter settings”
- open the properties of your LAN-Connection, go to the “sharing” tab and enable “allow other network users to connet through this computer’s internet connection” and select to connect through VMnet8
- windows tells you that it will assign IP 192.168.137.1, click OK
Third Step: check VMs
If you have configured a fixed IP inside your VM you must change the IP4 Gateway and DNS1 to 192.168.137.1
Note 1: Port forwarding has to be configured using the ICS Settings button, not the VMWare NAT-Dialog.
Note 2: Windows 7 Beta seems to use 192.168.37.1 as IP für ICS.
Note 3: no Windows Firewall changes are necessary
[Update Sep 2011] Take also a look at this comment on how to use the vmnat.exe fromVMWare Player to fix the Problem.
