EVE Taking Forever to Initialize?

[DarrenBravo]

eve-ng is currently taking a very long time 10+ minutes to boot from the splash page and is not finding a DHCP IP address like it did before. Prior to the current version of EVE-NG, I was able to boot quickly in vmware workstation player 16 without issues.

OS/Software Settings:
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- vmware workstation player 16.0.0
- Windows 10 Pro 19041.1165
- EVE-NG Ready to go OVF version 2.0.3-112
- VT-x Enabled
Tweakbox Appvalley https://vlc.onl

Virtual Machine Settings:
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Memory: 8GB

Processors: 4
[x] Virtualize Intel VT-x
[x] Virtualize CPI performance counters

Hard Disk (SCSI): 50 GB

Network Adapter: Bridged


Hardware:
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CPU: Intel i7-10700K
Motherboard: Intel Z490 chip
RAM: 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB

It stays like the attached photo for quite a long time before booting. I have no idea what could be causing it up until this point.

[Uldis (UD)]

It is your LAN issue,
You must use VM ware NAT adapter or check your Home LAN, if it is ok for DHCP.
Note, not all wifi adapters bridged with VM ware are supported.
Best solution is to use VM ware NAT adapter here