1. Set ip addresses in /etc/hosts

[root@hadoop ~]# cat /etc/hosts

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs

# that require network functionality will fail.

#127.0.0.1              localhost.localdomain localhost

192.168.1.100           hadoop.server.com hadoop

2. Set hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network

[root@hadoop ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network

NETWORKING=yes

#NETWORKING_IPV6=yes

HOSTNAME=hadoop

[root@hadoop ~]#

3. Set values in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

[root@hadoop ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

# Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE]

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=none

HWADDR=00:0c:29:84:56:c7

ONBOOT=yes

DHCP_HOSTNAME=hadoop.server.com

IPADDR=192.168.1.100

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

TYPE=Ethernet

USERCTL=no

IPV6INIT=no

PEERDNS=yes

[root@hadoop ~]#

4. Type neat command and eth0 settings

Ex: Ip: 192.168.1.100

      Sub net: 255.255.255.0

      Gateway: 192.168.1.1

5. Network settings at vmware level . Specific virtual network(VMnet8(NAT)) which should match windows:

Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections

6. Set windows network settings

Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections

Note: Both subnet and gateway ip addresses must be same for windows and linux.

7. Testing network settings

From command prompt: