Hyper-V VM Internet/Ethernet Connection Issues

Question

Everyone,

I currently have a Windows 11 Pro machine in which Hyper-V is being used to create a Windows 10 Home virtual machine. While the creation of the virtual machine was successful, I am having issues in two key areas:

A: I cannot ping from the virtual machine to a device connected on the ethernet port.

B: I cannot use the internet connection (wireless) on my virtual machine. When I attempt to set up an external virtual switch and select my Wifi device, I get the following error: "Failed while adding virtual Ethernet switch connections. failed: Cannot create a file when that file already exists. (0x800700B7). When this happens, the internet on my host machine is disconnected; and, I must reboot my computer in order for the internet to return.

(Please note: I can ping from the host machine and use internet on the host machine)

To fix this issue, I have done the following:

1: Updated the installation of Windows to fix any file errors or software problems that may occur from having a distorted version of the operating system.

2: Made sure all relevant drivers are up to date which they are (Wifi connection device driver, etc)

What other ideas would you suggest I try?

Answer 1

Hi Windows_Machine!

We'd  like you to keep us updated if you are still having some issues with Hyper-V VM Internet/Ethernet Connection Issues.

We want you to know that it is important to us to help you answer/resolve your question.

We hope to hear from you very soon.

Sincerely,

Sun Khou

Consumer M365 Forum Moderator

Microsoft Community

Answer 2

Hi Windows_Machine,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We appreciate that you've taken the time to post your concern here in Microsoft Community Forum.

It would be best if you post your concern, through this link. >>Home - Microsoft Tech Community

Hope this helps,

Sincerely,

Sun Khou

Consumer M365 Forum Moderator

Microsoft Community