One network device type for all windows os's?

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Is there one driver/device thats supported inside the guest for xp , 2003. 2008, and vista 32 and 64 bit?

I was hoping to use vmxnet nut but that does not seem to be an option for some and to make it more difficult xp 32 bit only gives me the option of flexible where xp 64 shows e1000 and vmxnet enhanced. (which is odd since i dont think vmxnet enhanced is supported on windows other than server 2003

Is there a document that shows which devices are supported on which platforms.

now the reason for this is I am trying to do some power shell tweaking of the network adapter and would like my script to work on all

$NIC = Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration | Where-Object { $_.ServiceName -like 'VMXNET' } | Where-Object { $_.Index -eq 1 }

Bonus points if you can tell me if there is a way to change what the index number is.

Thanks!

[continuum · Accepted solution]

why don't you set

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

for all ?

As far as I know all recent Windows support that right out of the box

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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

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Do I just edit the vmx file from the console on esx and save? or should I go into each one via vic and add a new e1000 device? The problem I see if several of the os's dont show e1000 as a valid oftion to be added as a network adapter.

here is the contents of xp32 that shows as being flexible in the vic UI

ethernet0.present = "true"

ethernet0.startConnected = "true"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "false"

ethernet0.networkName = "Virtual Machine Network"

ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"

So i am not sure if I am just supposed to add

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

Thanks

[continuum]

The problem I see if several of the os's dont show e1000 as a valid oftion to be added as a network adapter.

Thats no problem - only a small part of all the options are available via the GUI

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description of vmx-parameters:

VMware-liveCD:

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setting it to e1000 in the vmx file worked after copius scrounging for the driver with turns out to be the 82545EM Gigabit driver from Intel.

points awarded

Thanks again