VMware Player 5.0.2 Does Not See Wireless Adapter

[TheAvenger]

Hello guys,

I am having a problem with VMware Player 5.0.2 build-1031769 (the same existed with older versions of VMware Player 5 but this is the one I currently have).

The Player does not recognize my wireless adapter Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN on a Lenovo T410 laptop. I have another T410 with Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6200 AGN and it works fine.

Here are the symptoms:

- When I use NAT networking it works fine

- When I use bridged networking, the guest OS (in this case Windows XP) says that the cable is disconnected

- I found some threads saying that this might be a router issue but it is not because with the other laptop in the same network everything works fine

- When I connect to the network using LAN (cable) bridged connection works without a problem

- My network on the host OS works without any problem

- Windows recognizes the wireless adapter without any problem:

- VMware Player does not show the adapter in the bridging settings but shows some kind of Microsoft virtual adapter:

- When I run the Virtual Network Editor it is the same: no real adapter but the Microsoft virtual adapter

- I tried resetting the network configuration to the defaults but this did not help

I am running Windows 8 Enterprise.

I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

[RDPetruska · Accepted solution]

Have you looked in the host's properties for the Wireless NIC to see if the VMware Bridge Protocol client is installed?  If it is not, add it (the inf file should be in the folder Player is installed into).

[TheAvenger]

I went to check the settings and I could not open them because the network connection said it was "bridged". However there was no option to remove it from a bridge and there was no bridge shown. So I uninstalled VMware Player (no change), removed the wifi adapter from device manager, reinstalled it and reinstalled VMware Player. Now it works like a charm. Thanks a lot

[Crelan]

well i got the same problem too, but i don't get what you two guys are talking about, what i mean is how to solve the problem, can someone help me solved my like this problem step by step?