Overview
The purpose of this lab is for students to configure a virtual network using the VMware Network setting modes of host-only, NAT, and bridged.
outcomes
In this lab, you will learn to:
- Configure a virtual network
- Configure a Host-only virtual network
- Configure the NAT virtual network
- Configure the bridged virtual network
Courses
Key terms and descriptions
VM
A VM refers to a virtual machine. It is a full operating system running in software. The VM can actually communicate with other real and virtual machines on the network. You can install software and administer the virtual machine exactly as you would on a computer running on a physical computer.
VMware Player
A free offering from VMware which does not have the all of the features of VMware Workstation, the paid offering of the software. Both VMware Player and Workstation run on Windows and Linux operating systems and allow you to create and run virtual machines (VMs).
Host Only
In this VMware network setting mode, the virtual machine is not on the physical network of the computer and does not have Internet access. The virtual machine is completely isolated to the local computer.
NAT
NAT stands for network address translation, and it is a VMware Network setting which does not put the virtual machine directly on the physical network of the computer but still allows Internet and access to the real network.
Bridged
In this VMware network setting mode, the virtual machine is on the physical network of the computer. It can communicate with other physical and virtual machines on the same network.