Enabling, Disabling, Adding And Removing Host Virtual Adapters - VMware 4 User Manual

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Enabling, Disabling, Adding and Removing Host Virtual
Adapters
When you install VMware Workstation, two network adapters are added to the
configuration of your host operating system — one that allows the host to connect to
the host-only network and one that allows the host to connect to the NAT network.
If you are not using these adapters, you may wish to remove them (users on Windows
hosts can choose to disable the adapters instead of removing them). The presence of
these adapters has a slight performance cost, because broadcast packets must go to
the extra adapters. On Windows networks, browsing your network may be slower
than usual. And in some cases, these adapters interact with the host computer's
networking configuration in undesirable ways.
Disabling a Host Virtual Adapter on a Windows Host
Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Hosts
Use the Virtual Network Editor to disable any unwanted adapters.
1. Choose Edit > Virtual Network Settings > Host Virtual Adapters.
2. Select the adapter you want to disable.
3. Click Disable adapter.
4. Click OK.
Windows NT Hosts
Use the host operating system's networking control panel to disable any unwanted
adapters.
1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Double-click Network.
3. Click the Bindings tab.
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