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Chapter 14 Configuring a Virtual Network

Youcansetupmorespecializedconfigurationsbychoosingtheappropriatesettingsin

thevirtualmachinesettingseditor, inthevirtualnetworkeditor(onWindowsand

Linuxhosts),andonyourhostcomputer.Onallhosts,thesoftwareneededforall

networkingconfigurationsisinstalledwhenyouinstallWorkstation.

Youcanco

nnectmultiplevi

rtualmachinestothesamevirtualEthernetswitch.Ona

Windowshost,youcanconnectanunlimitednumberofvirtualnetworkdevicestoa

virtualswitch.OnaLinuxhost,youcanconnectupto32devices.

IfyouhavesetyourvirtualnetworksettingsonapreviousversionofW

orkstationand

upgradetoa

newversion,yourpreviousnetworksettingsmightbefullyorpartially

preserved.Formoreinformation,see“PreparingforanUpgrade”onpage 47.

Bridged Networking

Bridgednetworkingconnectsavirtualmachinetoanetworkbyusingthehost

computer’snetworkadapter.Ifyourhostcomputerisonanetwork,thisisoftenthe

easiestwaytogiveyourvirtualmachineaccesstothatnetwork.Thevirtualnetwork

adapterinthevirtualmachineconnectstothephysicalnetw

orkadapterinyourhost

computer,allowingittoconnecttotheLANthehostcomputeruses.

Bridgednetworkingconfiguresyourvirtualmachineasauniqueidentityonthe

network,separatefromandunrelatedtoitshost.Itmakesthevirtualmachinevisible

toothercomputersonthenetwork,andtheycancommunicatedi

rectlywiththevirtual

machine.Bridgednetworkingworkswithbothwiredandwirelessphysicalhost

networkcards.

Figure 14-1. Bridged Networking Setup

host

network

adapter

virtual

network

adapter

virtual network switch

(VMnet0)

virtual machine

virtual bridge

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