Micik
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‎10-10-2023 01:12 AM

LAN adapters inside VMWare player should appear as Intel Pro

Hello VMWare experts,

I have VMware Workstation 17 Player (registered for commercial use). I have Windows 10 Virtual machine and inside this machine, when I enter device manager, NIC (LAN) adapter are recognized as Intel NIC. 

On the other hand, if I install Linux Mint inside VM and execute lspci terminal command to get information about the NIC, I gt something like this: Ethernet controller [0200]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 79c970

So, somehow Linux Mint recognized virtual NIC inside the VM as AMD NIC.

Is it possible to define that this virtual NIC adapter show inside the Mint also as Intel NIC? 

I have tried to install Intel pro Linux drivers inside the machine but didn't have any success?

Is this even controllable by the user or only by the OS itself that is installed inside VM?

 

Thank you.

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a_p_
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‎10-10-2023 01:35 AM

The default virtual network adapter model used for a VM, is one that fits best for the selected OS.
You can find/change the type/model in the VM's configuration (.vmx) file "ethernet0.virtualDev=..." to another one that is supported by your guest OS if required.

André

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Micik
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‎10-10-2023 02:29 AM

Hello,

 

if I open vmx file in notepad, all i can find related to eth is this:

ethernet2.addressType = "generated"
ethernet2.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ethernet2.present = "TRUE"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
ethernet2.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:EF:94:F7"
ethernet2.generatedAddressOffset = "20"
ethernet2.connectionType = "nat"

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a_p_
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‎10-10-2023 11:15 AM

I guess that no entry in the .vmx file simply defaults to the pre-defined virtual adpater type for the selected guest OS.
To configure a specific adapter type you may modify (or add if not already present) "ethernet#.virtualDev=".
Common possible values are "e1000", "e1000e", "vmxnet3"

You can find out about the differences in e.g. https://rickardnobel.se/vmxnet3-vs-e1000e-and-e1000-part-1/

André

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Micik
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‎10-10-2023 11:56 PM

Great resource, thank you!

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