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Setting up bridged networking on the guest operating system

Bridged networking means a virtual machine appears just like any other host on the physical network. You need to configure operating system support for the virtual Ethernet adapter and then either assign a fixed network address or enable use of DHCP for dynamic address assignment. Assigning a network address is done according to local conventions — if your site runs DHCP, you may choose to enable DHCP use; otherwise you need to consult a network administrator to obtain a network address.

Be aware that if the host machine is set up to boot multiple operating systems and you run one or more of them in virtual machines, you need to configure each operating system with a unique network address. (Many people assign all systems the same address since they assume only one is running at a time.)

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