“Ethernet0” doesn’t have a valid IP configuration (VMware Workstation)

You are using VMware workstation and getting below error message when connecting to the internet.

Solution

Below are the workarounds you can follow from your end,

Workaround 1

  • You can try to Disable and Enabled the ethernet.
  • Use Diagnose function to perform the Windows Network Diagnostics.

Workaround 2

Shutdown the virtual machine if it’s running. Open the Virtual Machine settings. Go to Network Adapter.

Under network connection, select the option “Replicate physical network connection state” under the Bridged: Connected directly to the physical network.

Bring up the virtual machine and see if you can connect to the internet now!

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