Comments on Christopher Miller's random thoughts: Disabling the VMWare network adapters

I've always wanted to know how to disable netw...

2011-11-18T00:49:53.434-05:00

I've always wanted to know how to disable network adapters, thank you for this guide.

I really liked your blog quite informative and int...

2011-04-28T10:24:12.480-04:00

I really liked your blog quite informative and interesting facts and figures you have discussed on your blog even the comments are very fruitful and helpful in enhancing the knowledge regarding the topic.

Thanks i just used the netsh command to disable ad...

2011-03-25T04:02:04.259-04:00

Thanks i just used the netsh command to disable adapter and vm services

@echo off
title + + + + + + + + + + + + + + VM Process stop + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
COLOR 1F

ECHO.
ECHO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO. Now disabling VM network devices on "%COMPUTERNAME%
ECHO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

netsh interface set interface name="VMware Network Adapter VMnet1" admin=disabled
netsh interface set interface name="VMware Network Adapter VMnet8" admin=disabled
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO. Network Devices Disabled. now stoping VM services...
ECHO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO.
sleep 2
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO. Now stoping VMware services on "%COMPUTERNAME%
ECHO -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sleep 1
net stop "VMware Authorization Service"
net stop "VMware Agent Service"
net stop "VMware DHCP Service"
net stop "VMware NAT Service"
net stop "VMware USB Arbitration Service"
sleep 1

@anonymous: I'm sorry, but I have no idea wha...

2009-10-26T07:13:46.588-04:00

@anonymous: I'm sorry, but I have no idea what could be causing your problem. Have you tried the Vmware support forums? You should include more information when you post to their forums. I would suggest including the Vmware version number and saying if it ever worked or that it stopped working.

Vmware doesn't seem to connect to the internet...

2009-10-25T18:12:59.561-04:00

Vmware doesn't seem to connect to the internet. It was working about a week ago...

I currently running Fedora 11.

Any help on this? (thanks)

One annoying side effect of leaving the adapters e...

2009-03-23T13:10:00.000-04:00

One annoying side effect of leaving the adapters enabled is that Windows Vista/7 shows a connection with "limited connectivity" in the system tray if the VMware adapters are the only active ones. I always disable the adapters when VMware isn't running.

Man thanks a lot i was looking for this problem, v...

2008-11-18T17:56:00.000-05:00

Man thanks a lot i was looking for this problem, vmware is amazing program but have so many problems ( lots of progresses etc )

The correct syntax to disable the VMware network a...

2008-09-26T15:57:00.000-04:00

The correct syntax to disable the VMware network adapters on my system using netsh is:
netsh interface set interface name="VMware Network Adapter VMnet1" admin=disabled
netsh interface set interface name="VMware Network Adapter VMnet8" admin=disabled

To enable them, I use:
netsh interface set interface name="VMware Network Adapter VMnet1" admin=enabled
netsh interface set interface name="VMware Network Adapter VMnet8" admin=enabled

I had to disable them to receive Whozz Calling? Ethernet Link messages.

-Bill Root

I had to disable the VMware Network Adapters VMNet...

2008-07-08T23:12:00.000-04:00

I had to disable the VMware Network Adapters VMNet8 and VMNet1 in order to use my broadband card.

YEY!!! Thank you for this post Chris. I have to ...

2008-02-27T18:26:00.000-05:00

YEY!!! Thank you for this post Chris. I have to diable VMware NICs in order to use our VPN. I found devcon, then this blog entry. How convenient and informational. rickj

I started with netsh, but I couldn't get it work. ...

2005-12-22T09:49:00.000-05:00

I started with netsh, but I couldn't get it work. What was the syntax that worked for you?

I tried this:
netsh interface set interface name = "VMware Network Adapter VMnet8" admin = DISABLED

That comes back with a syntax error.

Another reason why I usually disable the VMware NI...

2005-12-22T01:46:00.000-05:00

Another reason why I usually disable the VMware NICs in WXP is because of offline files. As long as Windows sees a "live" NIC in the system, it will try to synchronise any offline files you might have set - very annoying when you're on the road and not logged in to your corporate network.

Btw. - devcon is nice and usefull, but not required to do this. Use netsh if you don't want or need the reskit tools:

netsh interface set interface /?