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    VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Just to be sure we are not chasing the wrong thing here; is that traffic between local subnets also failing?

      Is that routed though pfSense?

      Do we see any oversized frames on connections between the internal VM and external hosts? I would definitely expect that to fail but I didn't see any when I looked initially.

      Steve

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      • DaddyGoD
        DaddyGo @dfinjr
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        @dfinjr said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

        I know you're all waiting on me at this point :)...

        do you see something strange here?

        C:\ProgramData\VMware\hostd\hostd-n.log

        vswitch section...

        e8e3ac4f-31c0-49f8-b09f-bfabbb1a4374-image.png

        Cats bury it so they can't see it!
        (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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          dfinjr @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

          Browsing amazon via nat interface.. the vm has a 192.168.37 IP from WS

          Hi @johnpoz
          Nat will work, bridged will not.

          I believe you on the MTU thing :) I just am having trouble wrapping my head around this all but I'm working on that understanding.

          I am still trying to figure out how those Jumbo Packets are originating. Is it possible that this was happening with Cisco and then getting fragmented and handled by the Cisco appliance?

          I see only two virtual adapters but this is what I see:
          8ec128e3-403b-413c-8afd-b1245f96a5b0-image.png

          6d0ff3ad-21f1-491c-892b-2dd15d00db32-image.png

          dc4026f6-1130-46e1-b2d8-e5695450745e-image.png

          No nat interface for me:
          f8391244-213a-4721-a5b9-8b86bc0b1e51-image.png

          @stephenw10
          No traffic is failing between internal subnet is good and traffic from that subnet (172.16.0.0/24) to the google wifi looks good. Some slight complications with the DMZ subnet I created but that is on the back burner at the moment.

          @DaddyGo
          Don't see that log: (would you like to see another log?)
          3ccc7d79-255a-4052-8353-b78b19053137-image.png

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @DaddyGo
            last edited by johnpoz

            @daddygo what are you running exactly - I don't see that in my brand new install of vmware workstation 16.2.2 on windows 10.

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              dfinjr @DaddyGo
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              @daddygo
              Think I found it:
              d0d96bb5-9ede-4e71-b907-249b21d26fdb-image.png

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              • DaddyGoD
                DaddyGo
                last edited by

                @dfinjr said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

                Don't see that log: (would you like to see another log?)

                C:\ProgramData\VMware\hostd\hostd-n.log

                the "n" is just the current log version, which in your case is now 64 the rest is already compressed by the log rotator

                Cats bury it so they can't see it!
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                  dfinjr @johnpoz
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                  @johnpoz
                  6946f4cd-fc36-4501-9ff2-a405ff8620e2-image.png

                  Also on win10.

                  The only difference I saw between our two configurations was that you were running NAT based vs bridged:
                  d7e89e8a-3f9d-40a3-b1cd-8260d8c0ef79-image.png

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @DaddyGo
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                    @daddygo I don't see any hostd directory there in my shiny new vmwareworkstation pro install.

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                    • DaddyGoD
                      DaddyGo @johnpoz
                      last edited by

                      @johnpoz said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

                      what are you running exactly

                      same....

                      aa1c8ff7-9eb0-4527-be05-479120140f02-image.png

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @dfinjr
                        last edited by

                        @dfinjr I could move it to bridged network.. It just defaults to natting, one sec

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Still not convinced we are not chasing the wrong thing here. Unless someone can show me an oversized packet for a connection that's actually failing?

                          How are those other private subnet connected @dfinjr ? What's routing them?

                          Steve

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                          • DaddyGoD
                            DaddyGo @johnpoz
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

                            I don't see any hostd directory there in my shiny new vmwareworkstation pro install.

                            hidden "folders" in principle...

                            6323c892-ca6d-4251-935e-6b5c3de823e1-image.png

                            d502c5c1-961c-4eef-b98d-15049c3e78b2-image.png

                            Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                            (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                            • DaddyGoD
                              DaddyGo @dfinjr
                              last edited by DaddyGo

                              @dfinjr said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

                              .......................

                              please draw us (even by hand) a network topology (if this is not a problem)

                              Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                              (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                dfinjr @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10
                                Routing is happening in a few places. Routing is primarily being through pfsense/netgate. Here is a quick diagram:
                                a7ac9d9e-33f5-48e8-8c62-bb2fae2dbff3-image.png

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @DaddyGo
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                                  @daddygo I am viewing hidden folders.. I don't see any of those folders under there

                                  hidden.jpg

                                  And here in bridge mode, still the current mtu

                                  bridged.jpg

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                                  • DaddyGoD
                                    DaddyGo @dfinjr
                                    last edited by

                                    @dfinjr said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

                                    Routing is happening in a few places.

                                    you are a mind reader, hee hee hee

                                    Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                                    (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                      dfinjr @DaddyGo
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                                      @daddygo
                                      Here is a little more:
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                                      • DaddyGoD
                                        DaddyGo @johnpoz
                                        last edited by

                                        @johnpoz said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

                                        I am viewing hidden folders..

                                        since log(s), may be generated here later, try to turn off - turn on guest OS
                                        (yours is a fresh install)

                                        Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                                        (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                        • DaddyGoD
                                          DaddyGo @dfinjr
                                          last edited by

                                          @dfinjr said in VMware Workstation VMs Web Traffic Being Blocked:

                                          Here is a little more:

                                          what type is this TP-Link switch?

                                          Cats bury it so they can't see it!
                                          (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @DaddyGo
                                            last edited by johnpoz

                                            @daddygo I wonder if that has something to do with shared VM?

                                            https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Shared-VM-gone-in-workstation-16/td-p/2303228

                                            After installing version 16, I realized that the Shared-VM feature was removed and there is no "hostd" service on Linux but in windows "hostd" exist but there is not any section for configuration in GUI or CLI!

                                            Looks like it maybe went away, and then came back in 16.1 - but maybe gone again in 16.2?

                                            https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.2.0/rn/VMware-Workstation-1620-Pro-Release-Notes.html
                                            The shared virtual machine feature is no longer supported from Workstation 16.2.0 Pro.

                                            An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                            If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                            Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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