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Networking Setting

This panel configures the type of networking that the virtual machine will use. Four choices are available.

No Networking.

Bridged. This connects the VM directly to an external network via an Ethernet adapter card in your computer, and is called bridged mode networking.

Host-only. This connects the guest operating system to the host computer internally over a virtual network, and is called host-only networking. Select this option if you don't want to connect to a remote network, if you want to use the host as a gateway to a remote network, or if you must do so because the remote network is not Ethernet.

Custom. This allows custom network configurations.

With bridged networking, you need to configure operating system support for the virtual network adapter and then either assign a fixed network address or enable use of dynamic address assignment with DHCP or BOOTP. When multiple virtual machines that uses bridged networking run at the same time, all of them (including the host) must have different network addresses. Consult your network administrator to obtain a network address.

Virtual machines that use host-only networking may get their network address dynamically from the VM DHCP server running on the host. This is the easier option. They may also be assigned static network addresses for the private network number used by the virtual network. In either case it is not necessary to contact your network administrator.

A virtual machine that uses host-only networking is not able to access remote networks unless a proxy server is configured on the host.

For more information on networking a virtual machine see our web site.