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I have a Windows 8.1 pro host and an 8.1 pro VM. I'm using an external virtual switch to allow the VM to connect to the network and get internet connectivity.
When this works, all is dandy and I can RDP into it and all is good in the world. However, it is extremely fragile.
Seemingly when I switch wifi networks (from work to home) or my laptop hibernates, either the VM will lose connectivity or the host will. This is generally followed by an hour or so of removing/recreating various configurations of virtual switches, disabling/enabling various network adapters until almost by chance it starts to work again.
Is there any definitive "right" way to deal with this?
May not be relevant, but in playing around I'm noticing there's a first-come-first-served on a valid IP address. Currently either the host or the VM gets it and that is the machine which has network access, when the vm doesnt it has some 169.xxx address. I can force it one way or the other by disabling/re-enabling network adapters. Is this a DHCP issue and could it be something to do with the lease offered by the router? Complete guess, probably a red-herring... – DannyT – 2014-03-25T22:58:17.757
Issue seems to only be present on home wifi. Both networks configured with DHCP but are on different ranges. Could this perhaps be a router issue? – DannyT – 2014-03-26T21:09:12.040