In my Windows 11 machine I do not see the vEthernet (Default Switch) shown in the Network Connections of the Control Center (Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections) or Settings (Network & internet > Advanced network settings > Network adapters). I only see some others:
Control Center Network adapter view
If I list the interfaces with Power Shell, I do see the NIC (here index 23):
PS> Get-NetAdapter
Name InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status
---- -------------------- ------- ------
Ethernet Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (4) I219-V 19 Disconnected
vEthernet (Default Swi... Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter 23 Up
Bluetooth Network Conn... Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Netw... 11 Disconnected
Wi-Fi Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 4 Up
It also works fine in Hyper-V such that I get Internet access in my virtual machines.
Also if I create new switches in the Hyper-v manager, the switches appear in the Control Center.
Since it is very comfortable to see properties and the like in the control center I would like to have the vEthernet (Default Switch) appear there again. It once upon a time also was there, I don't know why its not shown anymore.
I tried de-installing all Windows features that use the vEthernet (Default Switch) (WSL, Container, Sandbox, Hyper-v). vEthernet (Default Switch) did disappear also from Get-NetAdapter. The After reinstalling Hyper-V the vEthernet (Default Switch) is still missing in the Control Center.
Any idea of what I could do to get the vEthernet (Default Switch) back visible?
