Can’t connect to GNS3 on VMware Workstation

Recently I have been picking up my CCNP 350-401 study backup again.
And of course, a lab needed to be spin up fast for this.

So I installed GNS3, or better said, I tried to install GNS3.
But shortly I ran into problems, and could not find a fast solution on the internet.

What happened? I couldn’t connect to GNS3 on a VMware Workstation server.

The issue was that it couldn’t talk to my local LAN.
TCPdump didn’t show any packets at all, even though I ‘physically’ connected my VM to the NIC.

There was one issue. I had many NICs.

What VMware did was make a connection to the wrong physical NIC.
And that is why I didn’t received any packet in the TCPdump I ran earlier.

When you go to Edit -> Virtual Network Editor a popup will appear.
It’s important that you elevate your privileges as shown in the bottom right corner of that same popup.

When you have done that you will be presented with the same output as mine below.
Just click VMnet0 and manually select the Bridged to interface.

If you select the correct interface you will be able to connect to GNS3 via VMware Workstation again.

Happy labbing!