Hyper V - Virtual Switch not showing as adapter in VM

Question

I am trying to share the network connection from the host (windows 10 pro) but without any luck.

I have created a 'Virtual network switch' to the active wired connection on my Windows 10 PC (an intel ethernet connection).

I have a WES7s (windows7 embedded standard) 'guest' VM running which is used the network adapter which is the link to the virtual switch.

When I launch my VM, windows 7 boots up nicely, but never gets network connection. When I go to the control panel => network and internet => network connections I get an empty list. No adapter is showing up, windows has no notion of it all it seems.

What else can I try?

Solution

This is the confirmed working solution by @bas:

Changing the network adapter to Legacy

On the VM settings , choose Add Hardware >> Legacy Network adapter >> Connect network adapter to virtual switch.

The reasoning behind this is these adapters have different drivers so the legacy driver may be the most compatible one with the VM installation.

Comments

[bas]

Thx a bunch again