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VMware Player loses internet connectivity

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Mar 15, 202619583 views
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Periodically, the internet simply stops working in my virtual machine, and the only way I can get it working again is to restart the host computer. Since I use the virtual machine specifically for testing web pages, this is, shall we say, a bother. Details: I have Windows XP Pro running in VMware Pā€¦

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Fix for: VMware Player loses internet connectivity

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This happens to me too. I did the following: I find the network adapter on the host which VMware Player is using (in Network Connections). In my case, it is named VMware Network Adapter VMnet8. Right-click on it then select Disable. I then wait for ā€¦

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