To work around this problem, become root (su -) and use a text editor to edit the following files in the guest operating system:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[n]
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth[n]
In both cases, [n] is the number of the Ethernet adapter -- for example, eth0.
In each of the two files, add the following line:
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes
Then run the command ifup eth[n] (where [n] is the number of the Ethernet adapter) or restart the guest operating system.
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