i think the vm's are often in use. i think its a problem with my host Operating System. I use Windows 7 Ultimate with VmWare 7. What are you using?
i remember earlier days, that i've successfully...

so, now i tried to boot backtrack live system - now the dhcp function works well!

the vmware image dont work for me. you can try dhcp or manually set the ip settings - it dont work!
i can ping...

if the same problem. sitting there for hours now:(

i can ping all computers in the local lan and my router and internet ip´s but no dns names like Google