Hi folks, I've set these up on client machines no problems for years but not on a server and not in a server running within a VM. FYI I'm using VM Workstation v8. I go into Network, adaptor settings, hit properties on TCP/IP v4. Typing in the static IP I want to use 192.168.2.24 I got the Gateway address prior by running ipconfig/all which came back as 192.168.2.0 So I put that in, and according to this MS Article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754203(v=ws.10).aspx I can use the current machine as the DNS Server so I thump it's IP in to the Preferred DNS. In saying this according the the same article I can do the same for the alt DNS, but this throws up an error saying they both can't be the same. No problem I leave Alt DNS blank. I tick the box to validate on exit, click OK, click close. The Net Diog keeps coming up and it's aying it's found a problem but has no idea what it is. I'm also not able to browse out on to the net. I can ping the machine IP but the gateway address is unreachable. FYI I've tried the default Gateway of 192.168.2.1 and I'm using the default Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0 Help? Cheers, Barry.