Sample IP configuration to ping guest OS from Host OS

1) Host OS: Windows XP SP 2
C:\Documents and Settings\sathi3>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Ethernet adapter Airtel:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
C:\Documents and Settings\sathi3>

2) Guest OS: RedHat Linux Enterprise 5
Change the Virtual Machine Network settings to "Host-only".

3) ping the guest OS IP from Host OS. It will work as follows.
C:\Documents and Settings\sathi3>ping 192.168.0.40
Pinging 192.168.0.40 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.40: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64Reply from 192.168.0.40: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.40: Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 1ms