VMWare workstation - PXE-E51: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received.

MJ 101 Reputation points
2021-03-08T08:48:12.503+00:00

I am beginner to windows server 2016 & wanted to learn & understand how client and server are interacting each other with/without internet. I hope we have many experts in this community. Request someone pitch-in and take me to the correct path please?

Scenario : Deploy the operating using PXE reboot in VMWare workstation.

Action taken:

I have created a windows 2016 server on physical machine and connected WIFI through wifi dongle (Note: The WIFI router is in different place so no option to connect via LAN)
Set below static IP address,
192.168.1.7 (IP address)
255.255.255.0 (Subnet Mask)
192.168.1.1 (Default gateway)
192.168.1.7 (Preferred DNS server)
8.8.8.8 (Alternate DNS server)
I can able to access the internet
Added following roles - AD DS, DHCP, DNS, File and storage services, WDS and Local server
Referred step and step instructions (youtube) and configured AD DS, DHCP, DNS and WDS
Installed VMware workstation 16.1 on same server-> created new virtual machine by following below options
File - New virtual machine
Selected Custom
Selected Workstation 16.x (Hardware compatibility)
Selected "I will install the operating system later"
Selected windows 10 x64 in drop down
Selected the new location
Firmware type "BIOS" (If i select UEFI mode, getting different error)
Next (default)
Next (Default)
Selected "Use bridged networking"
Selected "LSI Logic SAS"
Disk type - NVMe
Selected all default and finished the settings
After powered on, getting this error "PXE-EF1: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received"

As given in this link, i have configured the settings https://serverfault.com/questions/760522/pxe-e51-no-dhcp-or-proxy-dhcp-offers-were-received-for-wds-set-up but issue still persist.

It will great if someone guide me if i did anything wrong on above steps.

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  1. MJ 101 Reputation points
    2021-03-11T19:06:00.31+00:00

    I found the settings to make it work on VMware workstation.

    1. Open VMware workstation
    2. Edit -> Virtual network editor
    3. Select Bridged connection
    4. Click Automatic settings
    5. Uncheck the unwanted network adapter
    6. Apply the settings
    7. Power on the virtual machine

    Thats it!!!

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