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Error Applying New Virtual Network Changes

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When you create a new switch and assign it a pyhsical Network card, you might see this error.

Error Applying New Virtual Network Changes

Setup switch failed

The switch could not bind to <physical NIC name> because it is already bound to another switch.

 

This might happen if you used this NIC with a switch before and later removed the switch. The physical NIC on the host is still connected to the switch Protokoll and cannot be added a second time.

Solution:  

Use NCPA.CPL on your host and check the properties of the physical NIC. If it’s already bound to the switch Protocol, uncheck this binding and try again.

 

Cheers

Robert

Comments

  • Anonymous
    December 03, 2009
    Worked for me! Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    July 01, 2013
    PCarrick, great solution. Quick, easy and worked just fine.

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2013
    I was able to get this issue resolved using nvspunbind: support.microsoft.com/.../en-us archive.msdn.microsoft.com/.../ProjectReleases.aspx

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2013
    Sorry, it's nvspbind

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2016
    Thank you very much, worked great and fixed my problems!! ;-) After reboot erverything was fine!