Network not recognized on Ubuntu

[BoiledFrog]

I am running an Ubuntu 16.04.2 guest on a Mac host.

I am migrating a VMware Fusion VM from another Mac:

1. Creating a new VM using an existing disk.
2. Pointed disk at VMWare Fusion's .vmdk.
3. Memory set to 2048M.
4. Defaults for everything else.

The VM boots fine but when I run ifconfig on the guest it only finds the loopback interface, lo.

I tried to reset the network:

1. Shutdown the VM.
2. Disabled network. It was originally "NAT".
3. Rebooted guest.
4. Shutdown guest.
5. Reenable network: "NAT".
6. Rebooted.
7. ifconfig on guest: lo only

The network on VMware Fusion was originally "Local to my Mac". Why is the network device not recognized?

[mpack]

Make sure that all VMWare guest additions have been eliminated from the guest.

Or, create a VirtualBox VM from scratch.

[BoiledFrog]

I don't believe that Guest Additions was ever installed on VMware. Is there a way to verify?

[mpack]

I expect so. But you'd need to ask a VMWare expert about that.

If this VM was used in VMWare for any length of time then IMHO it's highly unlikely that the tools were never installed.