I am running a Windows 10 virtual machine (VMDK) on a Win10 host laptop in VMware Player. The host is connected to the Internet via WiFi. The VM's Network Status (Win-I > Network & Internet) says, "You aren't connected to any networks."
Based on experience using the same configuration on a desktop machine, I assume I could tell the VM (via Player > Removable Devices) to use a separate USB WiFi adapter, and then both host and guest could be online. But to reduce appendages on the laptop, I would prefer to persuade the VM to use the host's internal WiFi adapter.
When I take the host offline (via Win-I > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Off), the guest still sees no available networks, using either NAT or Bridged. So I'm not sure how to make WiFi available even if host and guest aren't competing for the same adapter. The ideal would be to allow both host and guest to be online simultaneously, but I have no idea how to achieve that without a separate adapter.