title: VMWare NAT mode guest no access to Internet
body: <p>I am using VMWare Workstation 15 on a Windows 10 host. I want to set up my guests' network using NAT. In this case, the guests can access services running on the host using a fixed address without considering the network configuration outside the PC. </p>
  
  <h2>Configuration:</h2>
  
  <h3>Host</h3>
  
  <p>Interface 1: 192.168.100.xxx in 192.168.100.0/24 (router-Internet)</p>
  
  <p>Interface 2: 10.0.0.1 in 10.0.0.0/24 (VMnet2)</p>
  
  <p>VMnet2 in VMware: <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PGHCv.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VMnet2 Configuration Screenshot</a></p>
  
  <h3>Guest</h3>
  
  <p>Interface: 10.0.0.100 in 10.0.0.0/24 (VMnet2)</p>
  
  <pre><code>Ethernet adapter Host-NAT:
      Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : localdomain
      Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ad5d:7c44:696a:7c01%15
      IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.101
      Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
      Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
  </code></pre>
  
  <h2>Symptoms</h2>
  
  <h3>Problem</h3>
  
  <ul>
  <li>The guest cannot access the Internet. (Pinging hosts on Internet result is timeout)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <h3>What works</h3>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>The host can ping guests. </p></li>
  <li><p>Guests can ping the host. </p></li>
  <li><p>Guests can ping each other. </p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZmQcb.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wireshark on VMnet2 Screenshot</a></p>
  
  <h2>Checked</h2>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>All VMWare services are running. </p></li>
  <li><p>Firewall is disabled on both host and guest. </p></li>
  <li><p>Reboot host or guest not works. </p></li>
  </ul>