VMQ can cause erratic virtual machine network performance when enabled, such as latency and dropped network connections. This is especially common with Broadcom Gigabit network adapters.
This how-to will show you how to disable VMQ on your Windows host server using PowerShell.
2 Steps total
Step 1: Find the current VMQ status on your NIC's.
On your host, open up a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator and enter the following command to return all of your installed NIC's and their VMQ status:
Get-NetAdapterVmq
Step 2: Set VMQ to Disabled
Next, for any NIC listed in step 1 above with VMQ set to $true, run the below command to disable VMQ. The NIC will become disconnected for approximately one second after you run this command:
Set-NetAdapterVmq -Name NIC Name -Enabled $False
This how-to will show you how to disable VMQ on your Windows host server using PowerShell.
2 Steps total
Step 1: Find the current VMQ status on your NIC's.
On your host, open up a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator and enter the following command to return all of your installed NIC's and their VMQ status:
Get-NetAdapterVmq
Step 2: Set VMQ to Disabled
Next, for any NIC listed in step 1 above with VMQ set to $true, run the below command to disable VMQ. The NIC will become disconnected for approximately one second after you run this command:
Set-NetAdapterVmq -Name NIC Name -Enabled $False