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Shutdown the VM, select &quot;Edit the VM&quot;, select the NIC, and change the options you have there to the ones you want.
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Shutdown the VM, select "Edit the VM", select the NIC, and change the options you have there to the ones you want.

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&gt;&gt;Shutdown the VM, select &quot;Edit the VM&quot;, select the NIC, and change the options you have there to the ones you want.<br />
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I did try making the changes with the VM shut down.<br />
But the NAT option is still disabled.
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>>Shutdown the VM, select "Edit the VM", select the NIC, and change the options you have there to the ones you want.

I did try making the changes with the VM shut down.
But the NAT option is still disabled.

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What do you see when you edit the properties of the VM?
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What do you see when you edit the properties of the VM?

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I see the NAT option disabled.<br />
I can select any of the other three options, but I can't select the NAT option.
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I see the NAT option disabled.
I can select any of the other three options, but I can't select the NAT option.

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In the vmware menu bar select &quot;Host&quot;, &quot;Virtual Network Settings&quot;, and then in the NAT tab make sure it isn't disabled or stopped.
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In the vmware menu bar select "Host", "Virtual Network Settings", and then in the NAT tab make sure it isn't disabled or stopped.

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&gt;&gt;In the vmware menu bar select &quot;Host&quot;, &quot;Virtual Network Settings&quot;, and then in the NAT tab make sure it isn't disabled or stopped.<br />
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It's enabled and started.
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>>In the vmware menu bar select "Host", "Virtual Network Settings", and then in the NAT tab make sure it isn't disabled or stopped.

It's enabled and started.

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Then try changing it's configuration in the virtual network settings, like using another virtual nic.
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Then try changing it's configuration in the virtual network settings, like using another virtual nic.

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&gt;&gt;Then try changing it's configuration in the virtual network settings, like using another virtual nic.<br />
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I'm trying to determine why it's disabled, and I rather have it working with default virtual nic.
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>>Then try changing it's configuration in the virtual network settings, like using another virtual nic.

I'm trying to determine why it's disabled, and I rather have it working with default virtual nic.

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On my system it's using &quot;VMnet8&quot;. That was the default it got during installation
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On my system it's using "VMnet8". That was the default it got during installation

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&gt;&gt;On my system it's using &quot;VMnet8&quot;. That was the default it got during installation<br />
That's also what I have.
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>>On my system it's using "VMnet8". That was the default it got during installation
That's also what I have.

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I believe the issue was related to upgrading from the older vmware.<br />
I uninstalled, and the reinstalled the VM, and it fixed the problem.
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I believe the issue was related to upgrading from the older vmware.
I uninstalled, and the reinstalled the VM, and it fixed the problem.

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My VM machines have the NAT option disabled for the Ethernet card, and when I try create a new Ethernet device, it's also had the NAT option disabled.<br />
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What can cause the NAT option to be disabled, and how can I fix it so it's enabled?
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My VM machines have the NAT option disabled for the Ethernet card, and when I try create a new Ethernet device, it's also had the NAT option disabled.

What can cause the NAT option to be disabled, and how can I fix it so it's enabled?

NAT option is disabled for Ethernet device on VM

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.