Virtual PC 2007 SP1 - Host Can Not See Guest and Vice-Versa

I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only, ICS,
etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set the
Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN adapter I
can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
settings are...

HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work for
an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.

"Karl G" <Karl > wrote in message
news:372BA130-6597-4C90-A2EE-...
> I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
> Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only,
> ICS,
> etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set
> the
> Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN
> adapter I
> can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
> settings are...
>
> HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work
> for
> an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.

The IP addresses are fine. Have you linked the NIC in the vm to the
virtual network associated with the loopback adapter (ie select the loopback
adapter from the dropdown list)?

yes i have selected the loopback adapter in vm 2007 as the network adapter to
use.

"Bill Grant" wrote:

>
>
> "Karl G" <Karl > wrote in message
> news:372BA130-6597-4C90-A2EE-...
> > I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
> > Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only,
> > ICS,
> > etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set
> > the
> > Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN
> > adapter I
> > can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
> > settings are...
> >
> > HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> > VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> >
> > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work
> > for
> > an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.
>
> The IP addresses are fine. Have you linked the NIC in the vm to the
> virtual network associated with the loopback adapter (ie select the loopback
> adapter from the dropdown list)?
>
>
> .
>

Bill,

I assume you mean to select the loopback adapter in VPC 2007 under the
network settings?

"Karl G" wrote:

> yes i have selected the loopback adapter in vm 2007 as the network adapter to
> use.
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Karl G" <Karl > wrote in message
> > news:372BA130-6597-4C90-A2EE-...
> > > I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
> > > Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only,
> > > ICS,
> > > etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set
> > > the
> > > Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN
> > > adapter I
> > > can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
> > > settings are...
> > >
> > > HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> > > VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> > >
> > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work
> > > for
> > > an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > The IP addresses are fine. Have you linked the NIC in the vm to the
> > virtual network associated with the loopback adapter (ie select the loopback
> > adapter from the dropdown list)?
> >
> >
> > .
> >

One more peice. When I ping the host from the guest I get "no reply". When I
ping the guest from the host I get "Destination unreachable". Thanks so much
for any help.

"Karl G" wrote:

> Bill,
>
> I assume you mean to select the loopback adapter in VPC 2007 under the
> network settings?
>
> "Karl G" wrote:
>
> > yes i have selected the loopback adapter in vm 2007 as the network adapter to
> > use.
> >
> > "Bill Grant" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Karl G" <Karl > wrote in message
> > > news:372BA130-6597-4C90-A2EE-...
> > > > I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
> > > > Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only,
> > > > ICS,
> > > > etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set
> > > > the
> > > > Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN
> > > > adapter I
> > > > can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
> > > > settings are...
> > > >
> > > > HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> > > > VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work
> > > > for
> > > > an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > The IP addresses are fine. Have you linked the NIC in the vm to the
> > > virtual network associated with the loopback adapter (ie select the loopback
> > > adapter from the dropdown list)?
> > >
> > >
> > > .
> > >

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:36:01 -0800, Karl G <Karl
> wrote:

>I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
>Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only, ICS,
>etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set the
>Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN adapter I
>can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
>settings are...
>
>HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
>VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
>
>Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work for
>an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.

Did you check your firewall?

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
http://smudj.wordpress.com/

Thanks for responding, yes the firewall is trurned completely off on both the
virtual and host.

"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:36:01 -0800, Karl G <Karl
> > wrote:
>
> >I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
> >Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only, ICS,
> >etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set the
> >Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN adapter I
> >can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
> >settings are...
> >
> >HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> >VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> >
> >Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work for
> >an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.
>
> Did you check your firewall?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> http://smudj.wordpress.com/
> .
>

I got it working (partially) with the following configuration.

VPC Network Settings - Wireless NIC
Disabled all other network cards (LAN, IEEE, Loopback) except the wireless
card.
I can now browse using Internet Explorer to and from each host/vm

I can not ping or map network drives which is a necessity. I even tried FTP
as a backup and that does not work either. Permissions on the shares are set
correctly and the firewalls on both host and VM are disabled.

Any clues?

"Karl G" wrote:

> Thanks for responding, yes the firewall is trurned completely off on both the
> virtual and host.
>
> "Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:36:01 -0800, Karl G <Karl
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >I am at my wits end. I am running XP SP3 and a Virtual machine Running Win
> > >Server 2003. I have tried everything from loopback adapters, local only, ICS,
> > >etc. and I can not get my host to see my guest and vice versa. When I set the
> > >Network settings in Virtual PC to use my Wireless Adapter or my LAN adapter I
> > >can ping the router from both machines but not each other. My current
> > >settings are...
> > >
> > >HOST: Loopback Adapter 192.168.5.1, MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> > >VM: LAN Adapter 192.168.5.2 MASK 255.255.255.0, No gateway
> > >
> > >Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really need to get this to work for
> > >an new job I am starting next week. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Did you check your firewall?
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> > http://vpc.essjae.com/
> > http://smudj.wordpress.com/
> > .
> >

On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:50:01 -0800, Karl G
<> wrote:

>I got it working (partially) with the following configuration.
>
>VPC Network Settings - Wireless NIC
>Disabled all other network cards (LAN, IEEE, Loopback) except the wireless
>card.
>I can now browse using Internet Explorer to and from each host/vm
>
>I can not ping or map network drives which is a necessity. I even tried FTP
>as a backup and that does not work either. Permissions on the shares are set
>correctly and the firewalls on both host and VM are disabled.
>
>Any clues?
>
Have you tried this (from another post):

You set up a loopback adapter on the host, then configure the VM
to use it as its NIC and you will be able to have host-guest
communication. IIRC, there is a detailed help file in VPC for this.

Of course this limits communicetion to between the guest and host
only, no Internet access from the guests.
--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

Thanks Bo for responding and yes I have tried that with no luck. I am
beginning to think there is a limitation to the Wireless Adapter as I D/L
VNWare 7 and can't get the host/guest communication working there either with
the exception of HTTP protocol.

"Bo Berglund" wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:50:01 -0800, Karl G
> <> wrote:
>
> >I got it working (partially) with the following configuration.
> >
> >VPC Network Settings - Wireless NIC
> >Disabled all other network cards (LAN, IEEE, Loopback) except the wireless
> >card.
> >I can now browse using Internet Explorer to and from each host/vm
> >
> >I can not ping or map network drives which is a necessity. I even tried FTP
> >as a backup and that does not work either. Permissions on the shares are set
> >correctly and the firewalls on both host and VM are disabled.
> >
> >Any clues?
> >
> Have you tried this (from another post):
>
> You set up a loopback adapter on the host, then configure the VM
> to use it as its NIC and you will be able to have host-guest
> communication. IIRC, there is a detailed help file in VPC for this.
>
> Of course this limits communicetion to between the guest and host
> only, no Internet access from the guests.
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)
> .
>