I'm trying to set up a small virtual lab consisting of both vmware and virtualbox guests, and can't connect from/to the vmware guests.
- The virtualbox guests are using the host-only network adapter, and get IPs in 192.168.56.0/24 via DHCP.
- The vmware guests are using bridged network connection (bridged to virtualbox host only adapter), and get IPs in 192.168.56.0/24 via DHCP.
The following connections are working:
- Host <-> virtualbox guests
- virtualbox guests <-> virtualbox guests
- vmware guests <-> vmware guests
If I run tshark on the vb guests, I can see broadcast traffic from the vmware guests, however no direct connections are working. Using netdiscover/arp on the vb guests, I can see entries for all guests. On the vmware guests however, most arp entries show (incomplete)
arp entries on the vmware guest:
Any idea why direct connections from/to the vmware guests are not working? I'm using VirtualBox 5.1.8 and VMWare Player 12.5.1
Edit: This is the guide I followed when setting up the network: How to Setup Network Between VirtualBox and VMware Virtual Machines.