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  • 1.  Issue with VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet 1 | VMnet 8

    Posted Dec 03, 2023 03:52 PM

    WMware Workstation player 17.5.0 cannot configure the virtual network. The host cannot connect or communicate with the guest. There is a warning sign on the VM network adapter. I also can't create a connection bridge in Virtual Network Editor. I uninstall the workstation many times even though the VM network is not working properly. Attach error snap below. I need help resolving the error!

     

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  • 2.  RE: Issue with VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet 1 | VMnet 8

    Posted Dec 03, 2023 09:34 PM

    vmnet1 and vmnet8 are typically only for bridged or NAT mode.  Have you configured those settings within the virtual adapter to communicate with the host (laptop/workstation)?  

    Here is a useful first-step doc from VMware on that specific topic:

    https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1018697

    If it is more the case that you have made those configuration settings and it's still not working, it could possibly be a network driver on your host machine.  Most current network adapters and OS's support workstation vmnet configs via API, so also rule out if it is a (very) old host machine (I'm assuming that is not the case).