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Configuring Network Access for the Virtual Machine
This panel configures the type of networking that the virtual machine uses.
These choices are available:
- No networking.
- Bridged networking.
Connect directly to a local Ethernet via
an Ethernet network adapter card in your computer.
- Host-only networking. Connect the guest operating
system to the host computer internally over a virtual network.
- Bridged and host-only networking. Allows your virtual
machine to use both an existing Ethernet connection on your host computer
(bridged networking) and also a virtual
network limited to the host and the virtual machines running on the host (host-only networking). This allows for the
sharing of files between the virtual machine and the host operating system.
- NAT. Allow the guest operating system to access the
host computer's dial-up or external Ethernet network connection using the
host's IP address. NAT is useful if you have a wireless NIC on your host (as
bridged networking is not supported on wireless NICs) and allows for the sharing
of files between the virtual machine and the host operating system.
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