How to create a guest network only in ESXi 3.5

I have no experience with ESXi 3.5 and I have some trouble setting a network invited only.

So far, I did the following:

  • added a new virtual switch named 'Host-only' unconnected with the fysical network

  • I won five guests and configured to use the vSwitch 'Host-only '.

  • in all the guests I have configured an IP address and subnet mask

  • I used the ping on one of the prompt to verify network configuration, but in vain

Any help will be appreciated.

Confirm that the firewall does not run on Windows virtual machines - they block the default ICMP packets

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