parallel vms in VMWare Server - how to configure network so they can ping each other?

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Published on 2010-05-12T20:17:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 20:25 UTC
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I'm using VMWare Server (currently on Version 1.0.7) and have two VMs that I would like to run at the same time. However, I'm having problems in setting them up so they can ping each other.

I've configured them to use 'Bridged' networking. They both obtain an IP address from the DHCP server on my network, but after that they can't ping each other. It seems that only the first one has a functioning network connection (I can ping it from the host machine and Internet connection works), but the other one does not. If it helps, both VMs are running XP SP 3.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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