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So for whatever reason the VMWARE or Ubuntu 22.04 software doesn't issue the UP command to bring up the interface in the system so even if it's connected it doesn't work... Anyway I want to say thank you all for your continuous help to fix this. Cheers!

Hello Iouyo, I didn't go thru setting up manual IP in the VM as interesting fact : the state seems DOWN in the VM even if the network adaptor is connected ^^ So I tried to disconnect then reconnect the network from removable devices : doesn't change anything. It's like the system doesn't detect when I connect the network adapter to the VM... And yes I tried several settings like bridged, NAT, custom to VMnet0 = all the same connected or not the link state stays DOWN so the VM system thinks there is no network card... Thanks for your time !  

Dear CarltonR So I tried changing the MAC from advanced settings : same = the network appear connected at the bottom right but not at the top right and the network panel in the VM is empty as if network card is disconnected... Thanks for the try

Dear Louyo, Yes the network adapter does show up in the removable devices list.  I did as instructed : - VM stopped : deleted network adapter - Start without NIC then stopped VM again - Reset network config to default - Added network adapter then booted up the VM - sudo lspci | egrep -i 'network|ethernet' output command at this point : 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) internet@internet-VM:~$ Please see attached screen capture : network is correctly connected as it displays the icon at the bottom right (circled) but there is no network at the top right (arrow). No network as well in the network panel of the system... Thanks all for your time fixing this !

Yes I noticed that as well. I don't know the VMWARE internals but I hope it handles this and distribute different MAC to different VMs... Please note that even with only one VMs running I cannot connect it to network.

@RDPetruska : yes I confirm I definitely use admin rights to change network settings. I just highlight the fact that without admin rights (read only view of the network settings) VM0 doesn't appear. So if it doesn't appear without admin right maybe the VMs cannot see VM0 either? Just trying any guess at this point @carlton : - Here are my host ethernet adapter settings (private network behind a VPN) : IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.154.1.146 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.154.1.1 - Yes I confirm network access in the VMs was OK with Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS before Ubuntu upgrade to 22.04.1 LTS. Under Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS network in the VMs actually disappeared randomly once in a while but going from NAT to bridged or bridged to NAT did the trick and it finally got going : network appeared back in the VM and it was ok... Since 2 VMs have migrated to 22.04.1 LTS this trick doesn't work anymore and after hours of troubleshooting I couldn't fix it for weeks now - 2 VMs using 22.04.1 LTS definitively lost network while 2 VMs still using Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS still work : if network disappear I just cycle from NAT to bridged or bridged to NAT and network reappears; - With the Linux VM powered down, within the Virtual Machine Settings for the VM set the Network Adapter to NAT, power up the VM and login to Linux : DONE -  ifconfig -a : doesn't exist in the Ubuntu system.  - ip link show from faulty 22.04.1 LTS ip link show 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: ens32: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:0c:29:74:82:ae brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp2s0 -IP LINK SHOW from functionning 20.04.4 LTS : 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: ens32: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:0c:29:74:82:ae brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp2s0 Please note in order to try to solve this I upgraded to Workstation Technology Preview 22H2 Pro (e.x.p build-20200310) Screen capture below : 20.04.4 LTS show network connected on top right but on 22.04.1 the network doesn't appear on top right even if the network card appears connect at the bottom right in VMWARE config Thanks for your time !

Dear Carlton, I tried all of that : - Actually there are no network in the VM : it's like despite I configure a network card VMWARE doesn't apply a network card to the VM and as a result the Ubuntu network dashboard is saying there is no network... - Neither NAT  not bridge fixes above issue; - I already tried to reset to default settings : doesn't help; I think the problem is that without admin right in the network editor it doesn't display the VM0 but it displays it wafter I'm in the network editor with admin rights Thanks for your time  

Hello, Just trying to keep this feed alive : do you need anything else to help me troubleshoot please ?? As of now all my vms lost their network and after days of trials and errors I couldn't get it back functioning... Best regards Gilles

Hello Scott, Help appreciated thanks. Yes I tried pretty much all possible combination for the VM network connection : bridged, NAT, then custom on various VMnet with bridged or NAT. None solved the issue : the guest OS doesn't detect the network card and doesn't have IP even if the interface is connected in VM network settings VMnet0 is custom type BEFORE I click change settings, I feel like it should have bridged here : AFTER I click change settings and enter my admin credentials the VMnet0 type changes to bridged but it doesn't say connected to host connection. I tried everything here as well : bridged, NAT, restore defaults... Nothing fix the issue : the guest OS doesn't get a network interface. I uninstalled/reinstalled Workstation pro but didn't fix the issue either. Inside the guest OS the network settings of the Ubuntu system doesn't have network as if no network card was detected and there is no network logo at the top right when there is actually a connected network card : Interestingly, at the bottom right the network displays connected : . I upgraded Ubuntu 20 LTS to 22.04.1 LTS recently so maybe that's the cause of the issue but is has been working immediately after the upgrade for a little while.

I've actually see numerous topics on this online. I spent countless hours trying to fix this and my business have been stuck for 2 days already because of this issue. I bought this software just one year ago and I cannot believe I'll have to pay for a support package to fix a buggy software. I cannot turn my head around this, it is so out of line.