Sometime you setup windows server 2008 to vmware using LAN or wifi, you chose Bridge mode to share internet connections between host and virtual machine may be cause of issues with internet connection at virtual machine. They can not connect to the internet or appear a message likes " conflict IP address " Enter: Run > cmd > ipconfig /all You may see the following issues: or: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-24-08-30-57 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8508:6cb9:5112:f8c9 (Preferred) Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.248.201(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.136(Duplicate) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway
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