VMware 4 User Manual page 184

VMware Workstation 4 User's Manual
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Configuring Your Virtual Network
VMware Workstation provides virtual networking components that let you create a
wide range of configurations.
If you select the Typical setup path in the New Virtual Machine Wizard when you
create a virtual machine, the wizard sets up bridged networking for the virtual
machine. You can choose any of the common configurations - bridged networking,
network address translation (NAT) and host-only networking - by selecting the
Custom setup path. The wizard then connects the virtual machine to the appropriate
virtual network.
You can set up more specialized configurations by choosing the appropriate settings
in the Virtual Machine Control Panel, in the Virtual Network Editor (on Windows hosts)
and on your host computer.
On a Windows host, the software needed for all networking configurations is installed
when you install VMware Workstation. On a Linux host, all components are available if
you choose to have both bridged and host-only networking available to your virtual
machines at the time you install VMware Workstation.
The first topics in this section give you a quick look at the virtual networking
components that VMware Workstation provides and show how you can use them
with your virtual machine. The rest of the section provides more detail on some
networking capabilities and specialized configurations.
• Components of the Virtual Network on page 186
• Common Networking Configurations on page 188
• Bridged Networking on page 188
• Network Address Translation (NAT) on page 189
• Host-Only Networking on page 190
• Custom Networking Configurations on page 192
• Changing the Networking Configuration on page 195
• Adding and Modifying Virtual Network Adapters on page 195
• Configuring Bridged Networking Options on a Windows Host on page 196
• Enabling, Disabling, Adding and Removing Host Virtual Adapters on page 200
• Advanced Networking Topics on page 203
• Selecting IP Addresses on a Host-Only Network or NAT Configuration on
page 203
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