Hi Team,
I have an issue with vmnet0, whereby vmnet0 is not showing up in "ifconfig -a". This is my environment:
Host: Ubuntu 14.04
VMware Workstation version 11.1.2
This started happening about 2 weeks ago: when starting a VM that uses the bridged interface, it comes up with the error message "The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged Ethernet interface is down."
When looking at "vmware-netcfg", all settings are as they have always been. Specifically with respect to the bridged connection: it is bridged to "Automatic" and the "Automatic Settings..." have a tick for each interface on my system. The line item for vmnet0 shows:
Name: vmnet0
Type: bridged
External Connection: auto-bridging
Host Connection: ---
DHCP ---
Subnet IP Address: ---
I have also tried to force the bridging onto a specific interface, by changing the automatic settings to a specific interface. This does not resolve the issue.
I decided to upgrade VMware Workstation to version 12.5.6, hoping the issue would get resolved that way. This did not make a difference.
I then decided to wipe out my hard drive and install Ubuntu 16.04.2. After the installation, I installed VMware Workstation 12.5.6. Doing all this, also did not resolve the issue.
I found that the vmnet-bridge process is running:
$ ps aux | grep vmnet-bridge
root 21321 0.0 0.0 7004 196 ? Ss 13:25 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -s 12 -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid -n 0
However, while researching this issue, I found that sometimes you have to manually run:
/usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet0.pid /dev/vmnet0 vmnet0
After running this, I can see the vmnet0 interface listed in the output of "ifconfig -a", however I cannot seem to use it.
BTW, I got the above from this link: networking - Bridged virtual interface is not available or visible to ifconfig - Server Fault
Some other info: /dev/vmnet0 exists.
Not sure what to do anymore at this stage. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Marc.
