192.168.1.1 is in use on the network - even when there are no other machines or routers online!

Gurus,

In my little network of Windows VMs running inside VMWare Workstation 6.0, I
can't set any of the machines to an IP of 192.168.1.1. I remember being
able to do this at one time. I want to at least set this IP for my Windows
VM running RRAS so it can act as the default gateway for my other VMs. All
of my virtual machines use host-only networking. In order to isolate the
problem I shut all of them down except for one at a time, and again when I
try to set the IP addresses to 192.168.1.1 an error message pops up and
tells me that IP is already on use on the network. I've tried this on each
of the VMs, isolating them one at a time, and regardless of which machine it
is I cannot set it's IP to 192.168.1.1. I can set the IP to any other IP
address just not 192.168.1.1. DHCP and NAT are not enabled inside the
VMWare virtual network settings. I think the problem is somewhere inside
the VMWare virtual network settings I just don't know where. BTW, none of
the VMs are multi-homed! Thoughts?

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> In my little network of Windows VMs running inside VMWare Workstation 6.0,
> I can't set any of the machines to an IP of 192.168.1.1. I remember being
> able to do this at one time. I want to at least set this IP for my
> Windows VM running RRAS so it can act as the default gateway for my other
> VMs. All of my virtual machines use host-only networking. In order to
> isolate the problem I shut all of them down except for one at a time, and
> again when I try to set the IP addresses to 192.168.1.1 an error message
> pops up and tells me that IP is already on use on the network. I've tried
> this on each of the VMs, isolating them one at a time, and regardless of
> which machine it is I cannot set it's IP to 192.168.1.1. I can set the IP
> to any other IP address just not 192.168.1.1. DHCP and NAT are not
> enabled inside the VMWare virtual network settings. I think the problem
> is somewhere inside the VMWare virtual network settings I just don't know
> where. BTW, none of the VMs are multi-homed! Thoughts?

What IP address does the host have on its virtual network interface for the
"host-only" network?


Massimo

Ah-ha! The host has a 192.168.1.1 address for VMNet1! Thanks for figuring
it out! This laptop is currently connected to the Internet!

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SONY
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for
VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.149.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter
for
VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-CE-9F-89-D3

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E
Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-4A-9D-97-BD