Name Resolution (DNS) doesn't work for internal LAN addresses from Guest machines (always resolves to 198.105.254.228)

Good morning.

The name resolution from inside my guest VMs is not working.

ping on any non-internet-existing address resolves to 198.105.254.228

For instance, inside one vm, trying to ping another:

   C:\>ping win7dev

   Pinging win7dev.local [198.105.254.228] with 32 bytes of data:

A ping from the Host works:

   C:\>ping win7dev

   Pinging win7dev [192.168.0.28] with 32 bytes of data:

My setup:  (I work from home so this is a very simple network)

     Windows 8.1 Home

     VMWare Workstation 11.1.2

     Time Warner Cable through a Netgear AC1750 WiFi Cable Modem

     Bridged networking with Physical Network Replicated

This page would seem to be useful but the resolution did not help:

http://useragent.xyz/why-is-ping-resolving-to-an-ip-198-105-254-228-for-any-random-hostname-that-i-type/

The only solution VMWare Support is offering is to hard code all my VM's IPs and setup hosts files everywhere.