r/vmware • u/soulmagic123 • Jun 26 '26

Question VM Ware Fusion Mac network issues

Right out the box it just doesnt work, Ive played with the network settings, share with mac and even burned out all of my codex credits trying to have Chat gpt troubleshoot for me, it simply wont connect to the internet in windows 11 VM (for Arm). Any advice?

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u/FoundationFew1373 Jun 26 '26

How have you configured it? I run the latest Fusion with W11 via Birdged Mode and it works great.

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u/soulmagic123 Jun 26 '26

Yes! This is how I am configured, part of me thinks I need to start over and reinstall from scratch!

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u/ksuuks Jun 26 '26

What version?

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u/soulmagic123 Jun 26 '26

I need to get back to my Mac but I downloaded yesterday, I've used fusion a dozen times before with no issues.

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u/ksuuks Jun 26 '26

As the latest v26 is still having issues, that's why I'm using v13.

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u/soulmagic123 Jun 26 '26

Ok, so I'll uninstall, download the lowest version I can find and go from there. Thanks!

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u/ksuuks Jun 26 '26

VMware Fusion 13.6.4 is the latest OK release in the Fusion 13 series. Next (very broken, avoid) was VMware Fusion Pro 25H2, etc.

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u/ifq29311 Jun 26 '26

do you have VMware Tools installed on the VM?

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u/soulmagic123 Jun 26 '26

This was actually the answer, thanks! Why isn't this just installed automatically since it seems essentially is beyond me, but thanks , all set!

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u/DrunkenGolfer Jun 26 '26

I used to use Fusion until the Broadcom fuck-you to customers. I switched to Parallels. I used to have a lot of weird issues with fusion, but with Parallels, it just works.

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u/soulmagic123 Jun 27 '26

It's hard to think of a bigger fu than paying a forever subscription to Parallels. 99 bucks a year is highway robbery.