Scenario:
No internet in domain controller Windows Server 2008 VM? How to fix troubles with internet access in a VM that is configured as a domain controller?
Explanation:
Installed SharePoint Foundation in a Windows Server 2008 Std VM.
Before configuring the server as a domain controller, the VM had access to internet.
Soon after configuring the VM as a domain controller, the server could not access internet from the host machine.
Solution:
After hours of troubleshooting, the below worked :
Go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center
Make sure to choose "Obtain IP Address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically"
Repeat the same step for IPv6 as well..
Disclaimer: I am not a network admin. This just happened to work for me. I am sharing this so that it could just save some time for some one with the same problem.
No internet in domain controller Windows Server 2008 VM? How to fix troubles with internet access in a VM that is configured as a domain controller?
Explanation:
Installed SharePoint Foundation in a Windows Server 2008 Std VM.
Before configuring the server as a domain controller, the VM had access to internet.
Soon after configuring the VM as a domain controller, the server could not access internet from the host machine.
Solution:
After hours of troubleshooting, the below worked :
Go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center
Click Local Network Connection:
Click Properties:
Highlight Internet Protocal Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties:
Make sure to choose "Obtain IP Address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically"
Repeat the same step for IPv6 as well..
Disclaimer: I am not a network admin. This just happened to work for me. I am sharing this so that it could just save some time for some one with the same problem.
