
Workstation User’s Manual
320 VMware, Inc.
Usethevirtualnetworkeditor(Edit>VirtualNetworkEditor)tochangemanykey
NATandDCHPsettings.
Ifyoumakemanualchangestotheconfigurationfiles,thosechangesmigh tbelost
whenyouusethevirtualnetworkeditor.Makebackupcopiesofthefilesbeforeyou
changeanysettingsinthevirtualnetw
orkeditor.Youcanthencopyyourmanual
changesbackintotheappropriateconfigurationfiles.
Specifying Connections from Ports Below 1024
WhenaclientmachinemakesaTCPorUDPconnectiontoaserver,theconnection
comesfromaparticularportontheclient(thesourceport)andconnectstoaparticular
portontheserver(thedestinationport).Forsecurityreasons,someserversaccept
connectionsonlyfromsourceportsbelow1024.Yo
umightseethisconfigurationon
machinesusedasNFSfileservers,forexample.
IfavirtualmachineusingNATattemptstoconnecttoaserverthatrequirestheclient
touseasourceportbelow1024,theNATdevicemustforwardtherequestfromaport
below1024.Youcanspec
ifythisbehaviorinthevmnetnat.c
onffile.
Thisbehavioriscontrolledbyentriesinsectionsheaded[privilegedUDP]and
[privilegedTCP].Youmightneedtoaddsettingstoormodifysettingsineitheror
bothofthesesections,dependingonthekindofconnectionyouneedtomake.
Youcansettwoparameters,eachofwhichappearsonaseparateli
ne.
T
able 15-3. NAT and DHCP File Locations
File Type Location
NAT OnWindowsXP:C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\VMware\vmnetnat.conf
OnWindowsVistaandWindows7:
C:\ProgramData\VMware\vmnetnat.conf
Formoreinformationaboutthisfile,see“ContentsoftheNAT
ConfigurationFile”onpage 321.
DHCP OnWindowsXP:C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\VMware\vmnetdhcp.conf
OnWindowsVistaandWindows7:
C:\ProgramData\VMware\\vmnetdhcp.conf
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