I'm using VMWare Workstation 11 (Ubuntu 15.04 Guest, Windows 8.1 Host) and bridged networking is operating fine on my home network; however, when I try using the same configuration on my work network the connection inside Ubuntu constantly tries to establish a connection -- yet never does. Does anyone know what is likely the problem or how I might go about troubleshooting this issue?
EDIT
I ran the following command but only continually get requests being sent. I never receive a response.
:~$ sudo dhcpdump -i eth0 TIME: 2015-07-31 07:18:07.568 IP: 0.0.0.0 (0:c:29:d5:6a:db) > 255.255.255.255 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) OP: 1 (BOOTPREQUEST) HTYPE: 1 (Ethernet) HLEN: 6 HOPS: 0 XID: b45ef25d SECS: 6 FLAGS: 0
CIADDR: 0.0.0.0
YIADDR: 0.0.0.0
SIADDR: 0.0.0.0
GIADDR: 0.0.0.0
CHADDR: 00:0c:29:d5:6a:db:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 SNAME: . FNAME: .
OPTION: 53 ( 1) DHCP message type 1 (DHCPDISCOVER)
OPTION: 50 ( 4) Request IP address 192.168.221.128
OPTION: 12 ( 6) Host name ubuntu
OPTION: 55 ( 18) Parameter Request List 1 (Subnet mask) 28 (Broadcast address) 2 (Time offset) 3 (Routers) 15 (Domainname) 6 (DNS server) 119 (Domain Search) 12 (Host name) 44 (NetBIOS name server) 47 (NetBIOS scope) 26 (Interface MTU) 121 (Classless Static Route) 42 (NTP servers) 121 (Classless Static Route) 249 (MSFT - Classless route) 33 (Static route) 252 (MSFT - WinSock Proxy Auto Detect) 42 (NTP servers)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME: 2015-07-31 07:18:11.069 IP: 0.0.0.0 (0:c:29:d5:6a:db) > 255.255.255.255 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) OP: 1 (BOOTPREQUEST) HTYPE: 1 (Ethernet) HLEN: 6 HOPS: 0 XID: b45ef25d SECS: 10 FLAGS: 0
CIADDR: 0.0.0.0
YIADDR: 0.0.0.0
SIADDR: 0.0.0.0
GIADDR: 0.0.0.0
CHADDR: 00:0c:29:d5:6a:db:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 SNAME: . FNAME: .
OPTION: 53 ( 1) DHCP message type 1 (DHCPDISCOVER)
OPTION: 50 ( 4) Request IP address 192.168.221.128
OPTION: 12 ( 6) Host name ubuntu
OPTION: 55 ( 18) Parameter Request List 1 (Subnet mask) 28 (Broadcast address) 2 (Time offset) 3 (Routers) 15 (Domainname) 6 (DNS server) 119 (Domain Search) 12 (Host name) 44 (NetBIOS name server) 47 (NetBIOS scope) 26 (Interface MTU) 121 (Classless Static Route) 42 (NTP servers) 121 (Classless Static Route) 249 (MSFT - Classless route) 33 (Static route) 252 (MSFT - WinSock Proxy Auto Detect) 42 (NTP servers)3 Answers
I solved the Problem by changing the VM Settings->Network Adapter from Virtual Adapter "VMNet0 (auto-Bridged)" or whatever its called, to "Bridged: Connected directly to the physical network" with "Replicate physical network connection state" checked. I'm starting VMWare Workstation as Administrator.
What helped me:
- In the VMWare open: Edit > Virtual Network Editor...
- On the bottom: Change Settings (Allow root privileges)
- In the top list select VMNet0. It's type should be "Briged"
- In the VMnet Information section change the "Bridged to" to the adapter in which your host has connection.
- Apply, OK
I applied these changes while the VM was running, and it worked for me. But you can also do it while the VM is turned off.
Turns out that the MAC Address that I saw for the VMWare adapters through windows ipconfig /all was different than the MAC address I saw in Ubuntu's ifconfig so I added that one too. After that I would eventually get a response from the DHCP server with some valid information; however, I still wouldn't get a connection. It wasn't until I added a static ip address before I was able to get it to connect.
