How to find the IP Address of a vm running on VMware (or other methods of using VM)
First Go in the Virtual Machine Settings.
Then in the Network Section, click the Advanced button and read the MAC address
Then in the console execute: arp -a
C:\>arp -a
Interface: 10.98.79.23 --- 0xb
Internet Address Physical Address Type
10.98.79.10 b8-ac-6f-cb-a1-80 dynamic
10.98.79.12 78-2b-cb-aa-51-bf dynamic
Interface: 192.168.20.1 --- 0x1c
Internet Address Physical Address Type
192.168.20.128 00-0c-29-56-bd-36 dynamic
192.168.20.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static
Found the MAC address and the IP will be on the side.
In this case the IP is: 192.168.20.128
Please check, if not those input devices are connected to the guest OS as USB devices? Once disconnecting them, they should become accessible to the host OS - and therefore operational.
on Linux the command is:
ip addr
or the rather obsolete:
ifconfig
the equivalent command on Windows is:
ipconfig /all
while the output looks about like that:
eno16777984: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.2.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255
...
There is a built-in VNC service in Workstation. I've not used it, but the config (below) would seem to suggest that you could enable it, and use your host's IP with a particular port with any of a number of VNC clients to gain control of your virtual machine.