[VMWare] The different modes of VMWare network

Last update on December 10, 2008 08:34 AM by netty5
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[VMWare] The different modes of VMWare network



If you create a virtual machine using VMWare, 3 types of connectivity are provided: Host-only, NAT or Bridged.



You can't use NAT and Bridged modes if you do not have the following equipment (LAN, Hub, Switch, Ethernet ADSL modem ...) connected to your physical Ethernet port.

You can use the Host-only mode to install a proxy (eg HTTP) on the host machine to share Internet connection.
(For example Freeproxy Proxomitron or Windows).

VirtualBox

VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org) is a free virtualization software basd upon VMWare.

It has 4 modes network:

Unattached: equivalent to an Ethernet interface on which no cable is connected
NAT: Same as VMWare NAT mode.
Network adapter host: Same as Host-only mode of VMWare, except VirtualBox not providing DHCP server on the VPN. You need to configure IP addresses manually or use a DHCP server on your host machine (physical machine).
Internal network, which corresponds to Bridged mode of VMWare.
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