Solve VMware VM No WiFi Problem

Problem Found

This is a quick blog about an issue I faced with my VMware VM.

Most of the time, I found that my VM can’t connect to WiFi (the ethernet connection shows up in the VM). After some investigation, I discovered an easy way to solve this problem. Simply go to Services.msc, then search for VMware DHCP Service and VMware NAT Service. Make sure both show Running in the status column. If not, just right-click on them and start them.

How I Discovered This Solution

I actually encountered this problem many times. Most of the time, I tried restarting the network manager using sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager, but it still couldn’t connect. I tried NAT, bridged, and other methods I found online, but nothing worked.

After that, I did some research and found that there are services running in the background that need to be active for VM WiFi connection to work. That’s when I discovered that my VMware NAT Service was not running, along with the DHCP service. I’m not sure why they stopped running, but for now, starting these services solved the problem!