Solved In VMWare player, unable to ping external IPs or resolve DNS

I have a fresh install of 12.1 in VMWare player and have a 192.168 IP address. I originally used DHCP, but then changed it to SYNCDHCP and was able to at least ping the gateway 192.168.254.1.

However, I cannot ping any of the DNS servers the host is using, nor any other external IP. DNS also does not resolve.

In VMWare player, I have configured NAT.

I am using this in a corporate environment, so it is possible and highly likely that the host OS is blocking network traffic without me knowing.

Once I get this sorted out, I'll have to set a proxy, but I believe I can manage that part using setenv.
 
I originally used DHCP, but then changed it to SYNCDHCP and was able to at least ping the gateway 192.168.254.1.
That means the VM has a working network and your problem is further up the network chain.
 
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