Setup Vmware Host Server 2008 R2 2 E1000 Virtual Adapters When unbridged, they both can be statically assigned or grab ips from the dhcp server. both detect the domain and configure correctly When I select them both and bridge them, the network changes to unidentified. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KDeploy Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : XXXXXXXXXX.COM Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : XXXXXXXXXX.COM Ethernet adapter Network Bridge: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : XXXXXXXXXX.COM Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-50-56-91-26-D5 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.12.130(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, April 06, 2011 3:23:58 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:23:57 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.13.254 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.12.3 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.12.3 10.1.12.5 205.205.205.3 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.1.12.3 Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.1.12.5 205.205.205.3 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled PS C:\> route print =========================================================================== Interface List 19...02 50 56 91 26 d5 ......MAC Bridge Miniport 1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1 11...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter =========================================================================== IPv4 Route Table =========================================================================== Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.13.254 10.1.12.130 10 10.1.12.0 255.255.254.0 On-link 10.1.12.130 266 10.1.12.130 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.1.12.130 266 10.1.13.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.1.12.130 266 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 10.1.12.130 266 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 10.1.12.130 266 =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.13.254 Default 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.1.13.254 Default =========================================================================== IPv6 Route Table =========================================================================== Active Routes: If Metric Network Destination Gateway 1 306 ::1/128 On-link 1 306 ff00::/8 On-link =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: none What i have tried... Searched her over and over to nothing working for me. I ran the Change network power shell script to change the network to a work type but this didnt work for me. Topology Firewall--> HP z6612 Switch --> lan servers, PC's, Phones etc... the Switch is the DEFAULT GATEWAY in the LAN

First up, why do you want to bridge the adapters, rather than team them? I don't use VMWare, but I would expect bridging the adapters in the host to cause problems with virtual networking. The filter driver which virtualization software uses to allow access to the physical NIC needs to work with the device driver for the NIC in the host OS. If you bridge the NICs in the host OS, this filter driver will be trying to work with the bridge software, not the device driver software. Bill

Hi jimlawrnc, Thanks for posting here. Can you verify if the address of default gateway entry is accessible form this VM ?Or maybe you can manually assign a profile for this bridged new connection to see if it works: Network Location Awareness (NLA) and how it relates to Windows Firewall Profiles http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2010/09/08/network-location-awareness-nla-and-how-it-relates-to-windows-firewall-profiles.aspx Thanks. Tiger LiPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.