diff -rupN vmnet-only-old/netif.c vmnet-only/netif.c
--- vmnet-only-old/netif.c	2014-04-15 02:06:21.000000000 +0200
+++ vmnet-only/netif.c	2014-10-06 08:27:56.699862616 +0200
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ VNetNetIf_Create(char *devName,  // IN:
    memcpy(deviceName, devName, sizeof deviceName);
    NULL_TERMINATE_STRING(deviceName);
 
-   dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup);
+   dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, VNetNetIfSetup);
    if (!dev) {
       retval = -ENOMEM;
       goto out;