So, I too have this problem as a few other people. With the can’t create DockerNAT. For some reason there is a ghost adapter called vEthernet (DockerNAT), which makes it impossible to use this name. I can’t find this adapter anywhere, but it’s easy to check that it’s there, as I can’t rename any ad…

Failed to create Switch "DockerNAT" with comments and ideas

chrisrpatterson (Chris Patterson) May 17, 2016, 6:43pm 6

Thanks, that is a pain because I get updates all the time and typically at night when I am not around.

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