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VMware: VM nic usuage and apply

VMware VM having the below NIC / network adapter based on the version,  while we choose the NIC should be careful and understand the outcomes Only those network adapters that are appropriate for the virtual machine you are creating are available configuration options in the Choose Networks adapter from VM.. Vlance : This is an emulated version of the AMD 79C970 PCnet32- LANCE NIC, and it is an older 10 Mbps NIC with drivers available in most 32-bit guest operating systems except Windows Vista and later. A virtual machine configured with this network adapter can use its network immediately. VMXNET : The VMXNET virtual network adapter has no physical counterpart. VMXNET is optimized for performance in a virtual machine. Because operating system vendors do not provide built-in drivers for this card, you must install VMware Tools to have a driver for the VMXNET network adapter available. Flexible : The Flexible network adapter ident...