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I'm running Kali ( guest OS ) in workstation pro. My host OS is windows 10. Guest OS is configured in Bridged networking mode.

Consider the following parameters of :-

Guest OS - IP_G:MAC_G

Host OS - IP_H:MAC_H

ARP table of :-

Guest OS - IP_H:MAC_H ( perfect )

Host OS - IP_G:MAC_G ( perfect )


Another Host ( within the same network as Host OS ) - IP_H:MAC_H ( perfect ) , IP_G:MAC_H ( why? )

why does another host have the mac address associated to IP_G as MAC_H ? shouldn't it be MAC_G?

Also My guest OS doesn't show up in the router's connected devices, is it because the Guest OS didn't actually authenticate and associate with the router as explained in this post? or is there any other reason?

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(1) why does another host have the mac address associated to IP_G as MAC_H ? shouldn't it be MAC_G?

VMware Workstation tries to maintain the Host Network Adapter MAC address but it does not always work.

The Guest MAC address can be changed in the the VMware Advanced Networking tool.

Probably the best thing is to let VMware assign MAC addresses and not try to change them.

Change Guest MAC address

Select the virtual machine and select VM > Settings. On the Hardware tab, select the virtual network adapter and click Advanced. Type a new MAC address in the MAC Address text box, or click Generate to have Workstation Pro generate a new address. Click OK to save your changes.

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(2) Also My guest OS doesn't show up in the router's connected devices, is it because the Guest OS didn't actually authenticate and associate with the router

The default connection in VMware Workstation is NAT and so the DHCP server is internal to the machine and only the Host machine shows up in the Router. You can use Bridged Networking if you wish the Guest to get a Router IP address.