Vista - "local only" problem

hi

I've configured my two virtual machines(win 2003 and win XP) to use "local
only" but can't ping from neighter of them. It doesn't matter if it's static
or dhcp.
Firewall is disabled on both.
It looks like there was no connection between them.
It midht be something silly since I'm new to vpc

Thanks for any help.

"Darfun" <Darfun@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9916B837-DE83-40AF-B361-61251C217D8B@xxxxxxLocal Only is an isolated network, so DHCP won't do anything (unless you
have configured it on the server vm). Even so, if they are set to get their
IP automatically they should get APIPA addresses and be able to ping each
other.

The first thing to do is to see exactly what network config the two
machines have using ipconfig.

Hello

they are set to get their IP automatically and they get APIPA addresses but
they are the same and MAC addresses are the same too.
this is ipconfig: for WinXp

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : virtxp1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Loopback Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-4C-4F-4F-50
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.25.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

and for win2003


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : virtual2003
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : virtual.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : virtual.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Loopback Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-4C-4F-4F-50
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.25.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

"Darfun" <Darfun@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ABA5D31E-B15B-48B3-BE1F-DC0ABBF47A72@xxxxxxThat looks like you are using loopback adapters, not Local Only. Forget
about loopback adapters and link the NIC in each vm to the Local Only
network from the VPC console Settings page.

Thank You.