![]() However, one downside is that my virtual machines no longer can reach the Internet or my physical work network. You might be prompted about brief network interruptions so take that into account when making this change.Īt this point, this doesn’t change anything for the virtual machines and makes no difference when I’m connected to a network. In the Hyper-V management console click on Virtual Switch Manager and then selected my virtual switch.įrom the drop down list I select the loopback adapter and click OK. Now I’m going to connect it to the loopback adapter. Originally my Hyper-V virtual switch was connected to my Ethernet port. ![]() That’s when I realized the loopback adapter could help. Yes, the VMs can still communicate with each other, but I lose the ability (required in my case) to communicate between the host and guest. The challenge is that when I am out of the office, say presenting at a conference, if I don’t have a network connection, my virtual machine networking no longer works the way I need it. In my office I can easily reach virtual machines from the host and vice versa, which I need to be able to do. All my virtual machines are on the same virtual switch exposed to the physical network. I run Hyper-V on my Windows 8 laptop for development, testing and training. Which brings me to why I even bothered with this. Loopback adapter under Network ConnectionsĪt this point, you could configure the adapter’s properties to suit your needs. It shouldn’t take very long and not require a reboot.Īfter you finish installing, you should see the new adapter under Network Connections. Install Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback AdapterĬlick Next to install it. Select Microsoft for the manufacturer and scroll down until you find the Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter. Scroll down to the network adapters section and select it as I did in the screenshot above. ![]() ![]() Select the option to manually install hardware and proceed. ![]()
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