I can replicate issue 6689

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identical bug to #6689

I have ipv6 disabled as suggested in the bug, vmware 16.1.0, packer 1.7.8, kernel 5.15.5

netstat -an only shows http server listening on tcp6

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This issue has been migrated to hashicorp/packer-plugin-vmware#61 due to the Packer Plugin split.

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