Wednesday, May 27, 2009

VMWARE: NAT, Bridged, HostOnly

Bridged = your guest looks like just another PC on your network - visible to other machines.

NAT = your guest is hidden from other PCs on your network, but can get out to the network (and others can reach specific services on your guest via port mapping). This is just like a NAT router - whether hardware or software.

Host-Only = a private network between your host and guest. Your guest has no connection to the rest of the network, and no other PCs can reach your guest.

Source:
Where are the docs on what nat, bridge, host-only mean?
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/60459

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