When you start your virtual machine, you will find an error pop up on the bottom right with the error message “could not connect ‘Ethernet 1’ to the virtual network ‘/dev/vmnet8′” and ask you to read the log for more information.
And the chances are quite high that you will not get the message until you click on the red cross ethernet mark to connect to the internet.
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