VMWare won't connect to network

I recently installed VMWare Workstation 17 to run a Windows 11 VM, but it won’t connect to my network. None of the connection options work, even if I run it as root. Any searches point me to running VMWare on Windows.

System:
Kernel: 6.12.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=abc48267-0174-400d-978f-b7198dff323c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.9.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 12 threads: 24 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB
desc: 12x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1727 min/max: 550/4951 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1727 2: 1727 3: 1727
4: 1727 5: 1727 6: 1727 7: 1727 8: 1727 9: 1727 10: 1727 11: 1727 12: 1727
13: 1727 14: 1727 15: 1727 16: 1727 17: 1727 18: 1727 19: 1727 20: 1727
21: 1727 22: 1727 23: 1727 24: 1727 bogomips: 177260
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6950 XT]
vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-3,Writeback-1
bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73a5 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 4480x1440 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: right res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.2-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (radeonsi
navi21 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.59 6.12.7-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:73a5
memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 14 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 6950 XT (RADV NAVI21) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:73a5
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
18.1.8 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0c:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows driver: N/A
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:7
chip-ID: 045e:02e6 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter
driver: N/A type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-4:4 chip-ID: 0bda:8812 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 18.65 TiB used: 3.22 TiB (17.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B2QGXA7 temp: 28.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST20000NE000-3G5101
size: 18.19 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: EN01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 99.97 GiB size: 99.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 95.99 GiB (96.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 27.1 MiB (28.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 99.97 GiB size: 99.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 95.99 GiB (96.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 99.97 GiB size: 99.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 95.99 GiB (96.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 99.97 GiB size: 99.97 GiB (100.00%)
used: 95.99 GiB (96.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 125.68 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 24
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C
mem: 32.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 128 GiB note: est. available: 125.68 GiB
used: 5.17 GiB (4.1%)
Processes: 504 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 50.26 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2014 libs: 558 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-07-24
Last full system update: 2024-12-30
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
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As per the forum template.

Have you setup your vm network correctly

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Edited my original post with relevant info. As for the network setup, I just left it at the default settings at first, only changing them when thai didn’t work (the changes did nothing).

Check out this article for getting vmware-workstation set up: VMware - ArchWiki

For enabling networking in the guest, start vmware-networks-configuration.service to generate /etc/vmware/networking, and then enable vmware-networks.service.

systemctl start vmware-networks-configuration.service
systemctl enable --now vmware-networks.service

See this section of the linked article: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VMware#Package_build_for_x86_64

For vmware-workstationAUR, start vmware-networks-configuration.service first to generate /etc/vmware/networking.

Then, as desired, enable some of the following services:

  • vmware-networks.service for guest network access (otherwise you will get an error could no connect 'ethernet 0' to virtual network and you will not be able to use vmware-netcfg)
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Looks like I missed a step. It’s all working now though, thanks!

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