Under Windows 11 and VMware Player 17.02 … the approach outlined above restored the functionality of an HA 7.6 that no longer worked!
While trying to bring up the current HA 11.5 under VMware following the same above instructions, it seems file /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/default in step 4 above no longer exists, and creating the file raised all kind of other issues …
After fighting with these errors for the last few days I just upgraded to VMware 17.5.0 and problem vanished!? IPV4 up and running - no issues with 11.5 or 7.6 (with the step 4 changes removed)!
VMware 17.0.2 was the culprit!