Unable to ping vmware guest from another vmware guest

Question

I would like to ping one vmware guest from another one. Both are Windows XP and use NAT. I set IP manually for VMnet8 to 192.168.18.1. (no using Obtain IP address automatically)

Answer 1

If i am understanding your question. You now have both VMs on the same network segment VMnet8,

1. Enable file and print sharing from the firewall settings on both VMs
2. Ensure that from the host machine (Windows 7) that the network adapter for VMnet8 is enabled. Also open the network adapter to check if you are actually connecting to VMnet8 network address. Then try to ping both addresses.
3. If this still doesnt work, perform ipconfig/all from host machine and paste the output here so that i can see how the network address are distributed.

Thanks