Hi,
I had Hyper-V and Ubuntu running on Windows 8 no problem. I've since done a fresh install to 8.1, and I can no longer create an External Virtual Switch. The button for "Create Virtual Switch" is grayed out when I select "External". I can create Internal and Private switches, but not External. There's no error or message so I'm having difficulty troubleshooting. All of the tutorials I've seen don't talk about any configuration I would need to do before creating an external switch. Any ideas? I have the default Windows 8.1 firewall and antivirus stuff.
Thanks,
Garrett
Update:
I tried creating the Virtual Switch in PowerShell with the following commands
I'm not really sure why it couldn't find my physical network adapter, since it shows up with the Get-NetAdapter command.
I had Hyper-V and Ubuntu running on Windows 8 no problem. I've since done a fresh install to 8.1, and I can no longer create an External Virtual Switch. The button for "Create Virtual Switch" is grayed out when I select "External". I can create Internal and Private switches, but not External. There's no error or message so I'm having difficulty troubleshooting. All of the tutorials I've seen don't talk about any configuration I would need to do before creating an external switch. Any ideas? I have the default Windows 8.1 firewall and antivirus stuff.
Thanks,
Garrett
Update:
I tried creating the Virtual Switch in PowerShell with the following commands
Code:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-NetAdapter
Name InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status MacAddress LinkSpeed
---- -------------------- ------- ------ ---------- ---------
Ethernet Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 3 Up B8-97-5A-13-7C-E6 1 Gbps
Code:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> New-VMSwitch -Name "TestNew" -NetAdapterName "Ethernet" -AllowManagementOS $True
[B][COLOR=#ff0000]New-VMSwitch : Cannot find a physical network adapter named Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller.
At line:1 char:1[/COLOR][/B]
+ New-VMSwitch -Name "TestNew" -NetAdapterName "Ethernet" -AllowManagementOS $True
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[COLOR=#ff0000] + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller:String) [New-VMSwitch], Virtualizati
onOperationFailedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ObjectNotFound,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.NewVMSwitchCommand[/COLOR]
I'm not really sure why it couldn't find my physical network adapter, since it shows up with the Get-NetAdapter command.
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- OS
- Windows 8.1