VMware 4 User Manual page 191

Host-only networking provides a network connection between the virtual machine
and the host computer, using a virtual Ethernet adapter that is visible to the host
operating system. This approach can be useful if you need to set up an isolated virtual
network.
If you use host-only networking, your virtual machine and the host virtual adapter are
connected to a private TCP/IP network. Addresses on this network are provided by the
VMware DHCP server.
If you make some other selection in the New Virtual Machine Wizard and later decide
you want to use host-only networking, you can make that change in the Virtual
Machine Control Panel (Edit > Virtual Machine Settings). For details, see
the Networking Configuration on page 195.
C H A P T E R 9 Networking
Routing and
Connection Sharing
• If you install the proper
routing or proxy
software on your host
computer, you can
establish a connection
between the host
virtual Ethernet
adapter and a physical
Changing
network adapter on
the host computer.
This allows you, for
example, to connect
the virtual machine to
a Token Ring or other
non-Ethernet network.
• On a Windows 2000,
Windows XP or
Windows Server 2003
host computer, you
can use host-only
networking in
combination with the
Internet connection
sharing feature in
Windows to allow a
virtual machine to use
the host's dial-up
networking adapter or
other connection to
the Internet. See your
Windows
documentation for
details on configuring
Internet connection
sharing.
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