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Configuring a Virtual Network

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.
  • Network Basics
  • Components of the Virtual Network
  • Common Networking Configurations
  • Bridged Networking
  • Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Host Only Networking
  • Custom Networking Configurations
  • Changing the Networking Configuration
  • Adding and Modifying Virtual Network Adapters
  • Configuring Bridged Networking Options on a Windows Host
  • Enabling, Disabling, Adding and Removing Host Virtual Adapters
  • Advanced Networking Topics
  • Selecting IP Addresses on a Host-only Network or NAT Configuration
  • Avoiding IP Packet Leakage in a Host-only Network
  • Maintaining and Changing the MAC Address of a Virtual Machine
  • Controlling Routing Information for a Host-only Network on a Linux Host
  • Other Potential Issues with Host-only Networking on a Linux Host
  • Setting Up a Second Bridged Network Interface on a Linux Host
  • Setting Up Two Separate Host-only Networks
  • Routing between Two Host-only Networks
  • Using Virtual Ethernet Adapters in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux Host
  • Understanding NAT
  • Using NAT
  • The Host Computer and the NAT Network
  • DHCP on the NAT Network
  • DNS on the NAT Network
  • External Access from the NAT Network
  • Advanced NAT Configuration
  • Custom NAT and DHCP Configuration on a Windows Host
  • Considerations for Using NAT
  • Using NAT with NetLogon
  • Sample Linux vmnetnat.conf File
  • Using Samba on a Linux Host

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