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Whenever I start my VM (Server 2003), it fails to pick up an IP address. It doesn't matter whether it is bridged or host and affects more than one image. If I set a static IP in the image on the same subnet as the host, I can't ping anything on the network.

Any ideas?

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Sounds like a SuperUser question to me. – Bill Weiss Dec 15 '09 at 21:53
what os? is this on a mac osx platform? – Dave Holland Dec 15 '09 at 22:36

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Have the VMWare network adapters (on the host) been disabled? If so, then re-enable them.

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ifconfig suggest vmnet 1 and vmnet 8 are up – Mark Sutton Dec 15 '09 at 23:12
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Just restart VMware on the host (Fusion is just a GUI to it):

sudo "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh" --restart

Sometimes it gets in some conflict with Cisco VPN or OpenVPN or NATing (Internet Sharing) you would be doing on the host.

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