OrBit MacBook
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(10-17-2025, 04:41 PM)asdfsadf Wrote: I am running Orbit with VMware Fusion on a M4 chip, connected to the car via a thunderbolt ethernet dongle, and 0 issues.

Can confirm with my M2 MacBook Pro and my AAOS XC60. I also installed Orbit with VMWare Fusion with Windows 11 (ARM). Used the regular download link that's on the Orbit FAQ page as instructed when I asked about getting the ARM installer. Note in the install process, you do have to follow the prompt to press a key in order to actuall

Downloaded the Windows 11 ARM ISO from Microsoft here. Purchased a Windows 11 Pro key from HypestKey.

I could not connect to my car with my Anker USB-C Gigabit Ethernet adapter (A8313). It came up as a 10 Mbps link and no packets were received. 
I purchased this TP-Link USB-C Gigabit Ethernet adapter (UE300C) and it worked - came up with a 100 Mbps link, I saw broadcast packets from my car in Wireshark, and Orbit found my car. In both cases, I told VMWare to connect the Ethernet adapter to the Windows VM.

Purchased two OBD cables, the red OCHIKI VOD cable and the yellow Bluechock BMW Enet. I could not connect with the red OCHIKI, but that might have been due to the Anker Ethernet adapter. I successfully connected with the yellow Bluechock and that's the cable I'm going to keep. It has a higher quality OBD2 connector compared to the red OCHIKI, which has a pretty cheap plastic connector.

Haven't installed VIDA yet, that's for the future. I hear that should work in an Windows ARM VM as well.
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Hi- Installed Orbit a couple of months ago on my Macbook Pro using Windows 11 in VMware Fusion. Worked great a couple of times. Went to use it again and now I'm getting a message that Windows is not connected to the internet. I'm connected in the Mac OS. Anyone have any ideas how I can reconnect?
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(03-29-2026, 10:09 PM)NJTURBO Wrote: Hi- Installed Orbit a couple of months ago on my Macbook Pro using Windows 11 in VMware Fusion. Worked great a couple of times. Went to use it again and now I'm getting a message that Windows is not connected to the internet. I'm connected in the Mac OS. Anyone have any ideas how I can reconnect?

I thought you had switched to UTM?  Big Grin
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So I put some info here maybe help someone. A tried the same setup Anker USB-C Gigabit Ethernet adapter (A8313) and bought the same TP-Link USB-C gigabit Ethernet Adapter (UE300C). My problem was both Anker and TP Link showed up as 10 mbps. Little digging and found out both has came up in windows as ASIX USB to Gigabit Ethernet Family Adapter ASIX so I just searched a fresh driver for it now works both Anker and TP-link. (M5 pro MacBook / VMWare)
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