I have a VM running Windows 7, in Player 12, that has been working fine on Windows 10 until recently. All networking was working and stable. A week or so ago the anniversary update was installed, and today I tried using it with a bridged network for the first time.
Initially, no network available. Apparently VMNet0 got lost in the update. Ran the installer to do a repair, that part came back.
Now, I have a flaky bridged connection. A continuous ping to a device on my desk drops 1-3 out of every 10 packets (request timed out), the same ping on the host is rock solid (1-2ms continuous).
NAT connectivity is perfect. Switched to that, and the same ping is steady (1-2ms continuous). Back to bridged, and it is back to timeouts.
So far I have:
Disabled and then uninstalled my antivirus software. This is still uninstalled until I figure this out.
Completely uninstalled VMWare Player 12 (from the installer app), and reinstalled the latest version 12.1.1-3770994.
Changed the VMWare Network settings to only use my wired card, and disabled my wireless adapter completely from the host machine.
I can't find anything that helps. Has anyone else experienced this, or have any suggestions to fix it?
Thanks.