Vlance: It is an older 10 Mbps network adapter that emulates the AMD 79C970 PCnet32 LANCE NIC, whose drivers are only available for 32-bit legacy operating systems.
Tips: The network adapter types here refer to the VMware vSphere, while in VMware Workstation network adapter type are not the same.
So how to choose a proper network adapter for your virtual machine?įirst, you should know the definitions of different VMware virtual network adapter types, which can be further divided into emulated virtual network adapters, semi-virtualized virtual network adapters, and hybrid virtual network adapters. VMware virtual machines have different types of VMware Ethernet adapters, which vary by the guest operating system and virtual machine compatibility.
