Workstation User’s Manual
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Selecting IP Addresses on a Host-Only Network or NAT
Configuration
Thehostandallvirtualmachinesconfiguredforhost‐onlynetworkingareconnected
tothenetworkthroughavirtualswitch.Typically ,allthepartiesonthisnetworkuse
theTCP/IPprotocolsuite,althoughothercommunicationprotocolscanbeused.
Anetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)configurationalsosetsupaprivatenetwork,
whichmus
tbeaTCP/IPnetw
ork.ThevirtualmachinesconfiguredforNATare
connectedtothatnetworkthroughavirtualswitch.Ahostvirtualadapterconnectsthe
hostcomputertotheprivatenetworkusedforNAT.
Eachvirtualmachineandthehostmustbeassignedaddressesontheprivatenetwork.
Thisistypicallydonebyus
ingtheDHCPserv
erincludedwithWorkstation.Thisserver
doesnotservicevirtualorphysicalmachinesresidingonbridgednetworks.
AddressescanalsobeassignedstaticallyfromapoolofaddressesthattheDHCPserver
doesnotassign.
How the Subnet Number Is Assigned
Whenhost‐onlynetworkingisenabledatthetimeWorkstationisinstalled,thesubnet
IPaddressforthevirtualnetworkisautomaticallyselectedasanunusedpriv ate subnet
IPaddress.ANATconfigurationalsousesanunusedprivatenetworkautomatically
selectedwhenyouinstallWorkstation.
Find the Network Type Used on a Virtual Machine
Beforeyouassignasubnetnumber ,determinethenetworktypeusedonthevirtual
machine.
To find the network type used on a virtual machine
ChooseEdit>VirtualNetworkEditor.
ThesubnetnumberassociatedwiththevirtualnetworkislistedintheSubnetAddress
column.
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