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VirtualBox adapters are interfering with VMware – As several users have reported, this particular issue can also occur if you previously used VirtualBox (before making the switch to VMware) If the network adapters used by VirtualBox are still being used, you’ll need to disable them in order to resolve the issue in VMware.If this scenario is applicable, you can resolve the issue by uninstalling the VPN client from the host machine.

VPN client is interfering with VMware – There are several VPN clients (particularly Endpoint Remote Access VPN) that are known to interfere with the bridging feature on VMware.

Too many unnecessary adapters – Vmware is not very good in selecting the ideal host network adapter that should be used for the bridging mode. Fortunately, you can ensure that the software doesn’t pick the wrong one by removing all unnecessary adapters from the Automatic Bridging list.

You can rectify this issue by choosing the bridging adapter manually.

Wmware is bridging to the wrong adapter – If you leave the Bridging settings to Automatic, this issue will occur if VMnet0 ends up Bridging to a network adapter that is not currently maintaining your internet connection.

One way to fix this issue is to set up a specific virtual network that you know is working.

WMware picks the wrong virtual network – If you leave VMware to choose which virtual network to use for the bridging mode, chances are it will end up using one without an active connection to the internet- which ends up producing this problem.

In this particular case, you can resolve the issue by running a couple of commands in an elevated Command Prompt.

Vmnetbridge.sys is glitched – As it turns out, this particular issue can occur in those instances where the service responsible for the bridged mode is incorrectly started or remains in a ‘limbo’ state.

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