Vista Tutorial - RE: Virtual Server could not open its emulated Ethernet switch driver

02-25-2009

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I installed Virtual Server 2005 R2 on a 64bit Windows XP Pro PC which seems
> to work great but....
>
> I can not get a connection from the guest os to the host network. I have
> tried the External adapter (Physical nic on the host) and I installed a
> loopback adapter but none of them get an IP Address from the network DHCP
> Server.
>
> In the Event log on the host server I get the following message:
>
> Virtual Server could not open its emulated Ethernet switch driver.
>
> This message is associated with the Physical nic.
>
> I have tried uninstalling the "Virtual Machine Service" and installed it
> again, un installed VS2005 and installed it again under the Administrator
> account but no luck so far.
>
> Is there anybody who had the same problem and has a solution.
>
> Thanks

I ran into this problem and found the reason to be the card that I selected to use for the guests was disabled. The host was labeling the primary card as #2 and it was really local area connection 1 once I changed the guests to use the #2 as the shared card all started working and the error went away.
Hope this helps

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02-25-2009	#1 (permalink)
Mike Guest n/a posts	RE: Virtual Server could not open its emulated Ethernet switch driver Quote: > Hi, > > I installed Virtual Server 2005 R2 on a 64bit Windows XP Pro PC which seems > to work great but.... > > I can not get a connection from the guest os to the host network. I have > tried the External adapter (Physical nic on the host) and I installed a > loopback adapter but none of them get an IP Address from the network DHCP > Server. > > In the Event log on the host server I get the following message: > > Virtual Server could not open its emulated Ethernet switch driver. > > This message is associated with the Physical nic. > > I have tried uninstalling the "Virtual Machine Service" and installed it > again, un installed VS2005 and installed it again under the Administrator > account but no luck so far. > > Is there anybody who had the same problem and has a solution. > > Thanks I ran into this problem and found the reason to be the card that I selected to use for the guests was disabled. The host was labeling the primary card as #2 and it was really local area connection 1 once I changed the guests to use the #2 as the shared card all started working and the error went away. Hope this helps Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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