Hello,
I have a Linux guest OS running in VMware Player. When the guest OS starts, it tries to PXE-boot from the VMware DHCP server. The guest OS never receives a response and times out with the message No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received. This leads me to believe that the VMware DHCP service is not working.
On the Host Windows 7 machine, I see that the WMware DHCP Service service has a Startup Type of Automatic. However, that service is not running. When I manually start it, Windows shows a dialog box indicating that the service is starting, but then it quits after a few seconds and Windows displays a dialog that says The VMWare DHCP Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs. What other service or program needs to be running? VMware Player is running. The VMware NAT Service is running. What am I missing?
Details:
- VMware Player 6.0.3
- Host OS is Windows 7 Enterprise
Thanks for any help that you can provide,
-- Steve