I've been using VMware Server 2 for a while and have used various OS's as guest and host, however this is the first time that I am using WIndows 7 Ultimate x64 as the Guest. When I boot the Guest OS, it fails to connect to a network and displays an error stating there are duplicate IP addresses on the network. The address it is referring to is a 169.254.0.0 address. Every now and again, it will get a proper address, but it immediately gets the duplicate address message and reverts to a 169.254.0.0 address.
My Configuration is as follows:
Host: Win7 Home Premium x64 (dual core), 8GB RAM
Guest: Win7 Ultimate x64 (dual core) - (Told VMWare it was Vista x64), 1GB RAM, e1000 network adapter, vmware tools installed.
I have another guest OS (Windows XP Pro x86 (one core), 1 GB RAM, AMD PCNet adapter, vmware tools) that communicates fine over the network. Is this e1000 network adapter the issue? If so, how can I tell VMware to use a different one?
~Huckle Berry