diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/VsphereNetworksTable.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/VsphereNetworksTable.tsx
index 9b84a2c7a8..0e18f57e9d 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/VsphereNetworksTable.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/VsphereNetworksTable.tsx
@@ -56,8 +56,23 @@ const VSPHERE_NETWORK_STATUS_OPTIONS: PlatformTableFilterOption<VmwareNetworkSta
 const networkName = (resource: Resource): string =>
   asTrimmedString(resource.displayName) || asTrimmedString(resource.name) || resource.id;
 
-const networkType = (resource: Resource): string =>
-  asTrimmedString(resource.vmware?.networkType) || '—';
+// vCenter exposes the network type as a raw enum like `STANDARD_PORTGROUP`,
+// `DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP`, or `OPAQUE_NETWORK`. The Datastores table shows
+// raw enums too (NFS41 / VMFS / vSAN) but those are recognizable shorthand
+// every vSphere operator already speaks; the network enums are not. Map the
+// known ones to the names vCenter itself uses in the UI, and leave any
+// unknown future enum value as-is (uppercased) rather than guessing.
+const NETWORK_TYPE_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  STANDARD_PORTGROUP: 'Standard port group',
+  DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP: 'vDS port group',
+  OPAQUE_NETWORK: 'NSX network',
+};
+
+const networkType = (resource: Resource): string => {
+  const raw = asTrimmedString(resource.vmware?.networkType);
+  if (!raw) return '—';
+  return NETWORK_TYPE_LABELS[raw.toUpperCase()] ?? raw;
+};
 
 const compactList = (values: Array<string | undefined>): string[] =>
   values.map((value) => asTrimmedString(value)).filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value));
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/__tests__/VsphereNetworksTable.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/__tests__/VsphereNetworksTable.test.tsx
index 784e757c98..e865353238 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/__tests__/VsphereNetworksTable.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/vmware/__tests__/VsphereNetworksTable.test.tsx
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ describe('VsphereNetworksTable', () => {
     expect(within(table).getByText('Hosts')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(table).getByText('Connected VMs')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(table).queryByRole('columnheader', { name: 'State' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText('STANDARD_PORTGROUP')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText('DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // vCenter's raw enums (STANDARD_PORTGROUP / DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP) are
+    // mapped to operator-friendly labels matching the names vCenter uses
+    // in its own UI; the raw enum is no longer surfaced.
+    expect(screen.getByText('Standard port group')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('vDS port group')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('esxi-01.lab.local, esxi-02.lab.local')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('warehouse-api-01, etl-batch-01')).toBeInTheDocument();