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How to Add a Network Adapter in Hyper V
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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If you are a system admin and work withMicrosoftHyper-V virtual machine, you may want to know how to add a network adapter to aHyper-Vvirtual machine.
The latest version of Windows Hyper-2016 added the functionality that allows you to add or remove virtual network adapters to/from running virtual machines.
If you are new to the WindowsHyper-Vvirtual machine world, there are a lot of things to learn. However, knowing how to add a network adapter to the Virtual machine is an essential part of running the VMs successfully.
In this article, we show you how to add a network adapter to Windows 10Hyper-Vvirtual machines. There are two ways to achieve this, and we have listed both the methods in this article.
How do I add a network adapter in Hyper-V?
1. Add a Virtual Network Adapter from Hyper-V Manager
2. Add network adapter to Windows 10 Hyper-V using PowerShell
How can I remove my Hyper V adapter?
In case you want to remove the virtual network adapter, you can use the following PowerShell command:Remove-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName svwdsg2-12r2 -Name HotAdded
The above command will remove all the network adapters that match the name unless you specify the name of the adapter to be removed.
To overcome this problem, you can either use filters or use theHyper-VManager to remove the adapter:
We hope you managed to add a network adapter in Hyper V using our guide. Also, once have it up and running, find out how tosetup USB passthrough in Hyper-V, a critical functionality that’s not present by default.
Let us know how it went in the comments section below.
More about the topics:Hyper-V issues,windows 10
Tashreef Shareef
Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.
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