Not sure what happened with this recent release but the NAT vmnet8 is not functioning the way it did in prior versions
Win 7 Pro 64b sp 1
VMware Player 12.5.2
UBUNTU 14.04 VM
Network set to NAT
Norton 360
Telnet and ping work to the IP address (192.168.43.128) assigned by vmnet8 (192.168.43.0) Gateway (192.168.43.2)
After updating to VMware Player 12.5.4 (nothing else changed)
ping and telnet no longer work to the assigned IP address
wire shark capture indicates that this IP address is unknown
Bridged mode still causes a Blue Screen Crash when attempting to reboot a vm (this is a known issue with other versions of Player in Windows 7)
Turned off Norton to ensure there wasn't a new block put in place by the Security rules ... no change
Created a backup image of my current hd then reloaded a backup hd image containing 12.5.2 and compared all the settings for;
vmnet8 ... appear to be the same
vmnet1 ... appear to be the same
vmnetcfg.exe ... appear to be the same
player vm network settings ... appear to be the same
restored my current hd image
Found an original download of 12.5.2 ... uninstalled 12.5.4 and installed 12.5.2 ... ping and telnet work again
So is vmnet8 broken in 12.5.4 ... or ... is there some new setting we need to be aware of ... or ... something I may have missed?
Kind of makes one want to turn off updates when it takes 2 days to restore functionality