Hello,
To start, I am a student who is doing a school sponsored internship with a local company to gain some experience in the field of IT, as I have a relatively weak background in IT. Currently, my boss is having me set up a series of VMs using Hyper-V (of course) so we can do a simulation of a company with an issue in communication, so I can learn about mediation of disputes and how to resolve VM network problems before we move on to either sending me out in the field or other simulation/ practical experience simulations.
This is where the problem begins.
We are nearing ready to start the simulation, but we can not get the VM's to see each other regularly. We are attempting to get all four (4) VMs onto a single domain, yet three VMs can not connect to the Domain. When we ping one VM from the other, only one can regularly get a response, and more often than not it will be could not reach, about 70% of the pings we use. Occasionally we will get a response, but only between one VM and the server with the Domain Host. Most often the packets time out. Obviously, we can not start the simulation until we can get the VMs onto a domain.
Currently, my boss thinks that the issue is a DNS issue, but I have no idea what that means. I have looked into installing a virtual serial port as I originally thought that was the issue, but due to occasional pings succeeding, I doubt that is the issue. If anyone can explain what a DNS issue is and how to fix it, I would be eternally grateful.
Thanks,
Cameron