Fail connecting to local virtual machines

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James

I have a Windows Vista in an enterprize domain. This PC is running VMware
supporting also some 3 virtual XP machines.
In another networking card via LAN it is connected also to another XP
machine, which is not a domain memeber.
Problem is that while maping a local drive in the LAN PC works fine,
connectng and/or maping in the virtual machines (also not members in the
Vista domain) fails.
Can someone help please?
Regards
James
 
Can you ping the hostname? If not, check the DNS settings or enable NetBIOS
over TCP/IP. If yes, what's the system error when using net use to map?

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Thanks Bob Lin,
I couldn't ping a hostname so I enabled NetBios over TCP/IP following your
advice.
Pinging using hostname still failed.
I want to try the DNS option but don't know how to do it.
Can you farther help?
Regards
James
 
Following is the result you asked for.
Regards
James
nslookup
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Default: Server UnKnown
Address: 100.0.0.3
ipconfig/all
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Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyPc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : dns.prim
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : dns.prim

Ethernet adapter 100.0.0.3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 S Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-B3-32-A8-AC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 100.0.0.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
8.30.8.136
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 100.0.0.3
100.0.0.31
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : dns.prim
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-AE-5F-F5-A3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 8.30.8.136(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : ?.?TŒ?T? 03 .Ž~ 2009 09:41:47
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : ?.??Ž?T? 03 f-Ž~ 2009 09:41:51
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 8.0.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.20.5.146
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.20.5.146
15.132.0.51
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 8.20.5.146
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 15.132.0.51
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for
VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for
VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.47.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
 
I have a lot questions regarding this configuration.

1. 100.0.0.0/8 is private IP addresses or private?
2. Are you using 8.0.0.0/8 as private IP addresses?
3. Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
8.30.8.136
could be the problem too.
4. Default: Server UnKnown could be another problem.

--
Bob Lin, Microsoft-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
 
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