I had a problem where I could not get networking on my virtual machines within vmware to work. I could ping 127.0.0.1, my router 192.168.1.1, but nothing on the itnternet.

After doing some research on the issue, alot of people say use “bridge mode” use “nat” configure it and use “host only” Nothing would work for me…..I did some research:

I am using ShrewSoft VPN. For some weird reason the Shrew DNS Filter services makes VM’s networking misbehave. if you disable the services in MMC>services…..Ta-Da it works.

Keep in mind this will stop you form looking up dns over your VPN……so use your hosts file or figure out another way to make dns work.

questions or answers let me know.

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