
Workstation User’s Manual
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Setting Up NAT
Bydefault,NATisusedwhenyouusetheTypicalsetuptocreateavirtualmachinein
theNewVirtualMachinewizard.
Setup Requirements for IP Addresses
IfyouuseNAT,yourvirtualmachinedoesnothaveitsownIPaddressontheexternal
network.Instead,aseparateprivatenetworkissetuponthehostcomputer.Your
virtualmachinegetsanaddressonthatnetworkfromtheVMwarevirtualDHCP
server.TheVMwareNATdevicepassesnetworkdatabetw
eenoneormorevirtual
machinesandtheexternalnetwork.Itidentifiesincomingdatapacketsintendedfor
eachvirtualmachineandsendsthemtothecorrectdestination.
Host-Only Networking
Host‐onlynetworkingcreatesanetworkthatiscompletelycontainedwithinthehost
computer.Host‐onlynetworkingprovidesanetworkconnectionbetweenthevirtual
machineandthehostcomputer,usingavirtualnetworkadapterthatisvisibletothe
hostoperatingsystem.Thisapproachcanbeusefulifyouneedtose
tupanisolated
virtualnetwork.Inthisconfiguration,thevirtualmachinecannotconnecttothe
Internet.Formoreinformationonhost‐onlynetworking,see“SelectingIPAddresses
onaHost‐OnlyNetworkorNATConfiguration”onpage 304.
Figure 14-3. Host-Only Networking Setup
host
network
adapter
virtual
network
adapter
virtual network switch
(VMnet1)
virtual machine
DHCP server
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