ubuntu - VMware 10 and Linux guest OS: how to change NIC driver from vmxnet3 to vmxnet

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2014-07
  • user2771324

    Guest OS: Ubuntu 14.04
    Host OS: Windows 7
    VMware Workstation 10

    Problem:
    vmware tools automatically install vmxnet3 driver, without an option to select nic driver.
    In .vmx, ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000".
    So ethernet0.virtualDev doesn't decide which driver to be used.

    How to change NIC driver from vmxnet3 to vmxnet?

    • Answers
  • ben

    Can you try adding a second adapter? Choose the type you want, then delete your first one? Then you would need to change the config file and edit any IDs are MAC that was tied to the first adapter and put in the info for the second adapter


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    You are not alone: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/170546

    Seems to be an issue with Vista x64 and Windows x64 with Nvidia cards.