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Cannot connect to internet in VMWare WorkStation 10.0 - Ubuntu 12.04

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I have Ubuntu 12.04 Server installed in VMWare Workstation 10.0 on host Windows 8.1

/etc/network/interfaces

configuration is as follows.

# The loopback network interface

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback



# The primary network interface

auto eth0

iface eth0 inet static

    address 192.168.171.132

    netmask 255.255.255.0

    gateway 192.168.171.1

and Network Adapter is set to Custom: VMnet 8 (NAT)

From Windows, my host, I can see that VMNet 8 has IPv4 : 192.168.171.1 that should be the gateway in /etc/network/interfaces and that is.

If I set it to DHCP, I can connect to internet from VM and get assigned an IP of 192.168.171.131

But the problem is that I cannot connect to internet when I set it static.

Please tell me where I am getting wrong?

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answered 2 Years ago egantfis · Accepted Answer

If you set a static IP address in /etc/network/interfaces, you are also responsible to set up DNS nameservers. I suggest you try:

# The loopback network interface

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback



# The primary network interface

auto eth0

iface eth0 inet static

address 192.168.171.132

netmask 255.255.255.0

gateway 192.168.171.1

dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 192.168.171.1

Then get the system to re-read the file and use the changes:

sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0

Check:

ping -c3 www.google.com