Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1' and 'VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8'. So, where I can find the proper controllers to update it manually? When launching the VM in vmware.log it says: 2015-07-30T19:17:20.318+02:00 vcpu-0 I120: VNET: MACVNetPort_Connect: Ethernet0: vmnet driver. Operating System, Driver Provider, Driver Version. Download Driver, Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 (64 bit), VMware, Inc. 4.2.1.0 (5/06/2013). Download Driver, Windows XP (64 bit), VMware, Inc. 4.2.1.0 (5/06/2013). Download Driver, Windows Server 2003 (64 bit), VMware, Inc. 4.2.1.0 (5/06/2013). Download Driver.
I've this problem when I want to use 'Host only' network adapter in VM-Ware 7.0 this is the error message: The host-only adapter driver does not seem to be running. If you have not rebooted the host since installing the host-only network adapter, you need to do so before you can use this support. Otherwise, check the system Event Log for an explanation of why service VMnetAdapter did not startup properly. Failed to connect virtual device Ethernet0. I looked at my device manager in the host system 'Windows 7' but I couldn't find the VMware network adapter at all.
And I tried to reinstall it by 'Virtual Network Editor' but it doesn't work So please how to reinstall these drivers and adapters? It seems that few people have needed to reinstall the host virtual adapters (or at least if they did, they just resorted to reinstalling VMWare instead of just the adapters), so it’s no surprise that there are very few references to fixing it.
Fortunately, it has come up and a solution does exist. What you need to do is to use the vnetlib utility (it should be in the VMWare installation directory). Someone on the VMWare forums has attempted to and another to add the host virtual adapters. Ulli Hankeln has done an even more through job of at his Sanbarrow site (which basically, is the ).
He also lists to manage the network settings. Anyway, what you can do is to manually reinstall the adapters by using the add adapter argument to vmnetlib, and then managing all the settings, but it’s much easier to just reinstall the VMWare network services: vnetlib.exe - install devices. Just my 2 cents about my experience regarding the loss of my VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapters for VMnet8, VMnet1 after I upgraded my windows 7 to 10.
I could open my Vmware player 6.07 and my virtual machine (win xp), but the internet connection inside my VM wasn't working. I read around on internet to find out the cause and found that the virtual adapters were missing. I also noticed that the adapters had become unknown devices in my device manager in control panel. I tried to find out how to restore those virtual adapters and came upon some suggestions to use vmnetcfg.exe along with vmnetcfglib to restor the default as in one of the posts above. I was able to find the files at this website (Not trying to promote that site at all, just for convenience). I chose the VM player 6.06 although mine was 6.07. When I clicked on restore default, the virtual adapters VMnet8, VMnet1 were not restored, but in control panel/admin tools/services, I saw two new services installed.
They were Vmware dhcp and VMware Nat.I made sure all VmWare services were started and I launched my VmWare player and opened my win xp VM. The internet was working fine.
That's how I fixed my problem and hope it helps someone else.
Host Name: DELL-PC OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic OS Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free Registered Organization: Microsoft Original Install Date:, 19:24:55 System Boot Time:, 14:10:32 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron 620s System Type: x64-based PC Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
01: Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel 3300 Mhz BIOS Version: Dell Inc. A04, Windows Directory: C: Windows System Directory: C: Windows system32 Boot Device: Device HarddiskVolume2 System Locale: 4009 Input Locale: en-us;English (United States) Time Zone: (UTC+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi Total Physical Memory: 4,009 MB Available Physical Memory: 2,070 MB Virtual Memory: Max Size: 8,015 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 5,432 MB Virtual Memory: In Use: 2,583 MB Page File Location(s): C: pagefile.sys Domain: WORKGROUP Logon Server: DELL-PC Hotfix(s): 128 Hotfix(s) Installed.