Thanks for your responses. Here are the ipconfig /all outputs. The newtwork is bridged to the ethernet card on the host at 1gps. I had put it to 100Mbps to see if it was a speed issue but the same result.
Ipconfig all form Host>
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.233.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet
1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.95.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Alujam.lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection #
2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-51-A5-A2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.23.44
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.23.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.23.6
172.18.16.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 172.18.23.6
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 172.18.16.10
Ipconfig all from guest
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KirkvineCA
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ALUJAM.LAN
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : alujam.lan
windalco.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : alujam.lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-5B-94-C6
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.23.9
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.23.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.23.6
172.18.16.10
Attempt to ping host from guest
C:\Documents and Settings\passive>ping 172.18.23.44
Pinging 172.18.23.44 with 32 bytes of data:
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Ping statistics for 172.18.23.44:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
