I was seeing "Unidentified network" on a Windows 7 VM, using VMware Fusion Professional Version 10.1.1 on my Mac, following an unexpected b0rk of said Mac.
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --configure
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --stop
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --start
Long story short, this meant NO internet connectivity from the VM, regardless of whether I chose NAT or Bridged.
I tried / failed to recover this via various approaches, including shutting down / restarting the VM, but to no avail.
Just before I threw the Mac out of the window ( pardon the pun ), I found this: -
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Got the same problem and this worked for me https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1026510
In terminal I ran:
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --configure
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --stop
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --start
In terminal I ran:
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --configure
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --stop
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --start
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This is the aforementioned VMware article: -
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Run the following commands in sequence to update the changes without restarting Fusion 4.x and later. These can be used if you do not want to relaunch Fusion(if you have other Virtual Machines running).
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --configure
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --stop
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli --start
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MUST MUST MUST REMEMBER THIS!