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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
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              @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.

                  An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                  If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
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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

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

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                      If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        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
                                          SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

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

                                            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!

                                            I started with 16.0 and upgraded to 16.2.2 (step by step), but never ran windows here, only Ubuntu Focal desktop installed..

                                            (I only use it for daily work, Ubuntu on one monitor and Win10 on the other)

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

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