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n parallel ports
n Trusted Platform Module device
Configuring the Network Connection
Configure and implement Fusion virtual networking components on your virtual machine to connect to
other virtual machines in your networking environment.
Fusion supports only Ethernet-based networking, but provides several options for connecting to networks.
n A virtual machine can use NAT to share the IP address of your host system.
n You can configure a virtual machine to bridge to a specific network interface on the host system.
Fusion supports IPv6 in bridged networking.
n You can create a VPN that includes only the virtual machines on your host system.
In Fusion, when you edit settings for a virtual network adapter, you can choose from several types of
network connections.
Table 8-2. Network Connection Options
Option Description
Share with my Mac If you want to connect to the Internet or other TCP/IP network using your Mac dial-up
networking connection and you are not able to give your virtual machine an IP address on
the external network, choosing this option is often the easiest way to give the virtual
machine access to that network. The virtual machine does not have its own IP address on
the external network. The virtual machine obtains a private IP address from the VMware
virtual DHCP server.
Bridged Networking items In the Bridged Networking list, you see various choices for bridging to one of the network
interfaces on your Mac, including wireless and Ethernet. Using one of these options is often
the easiest way to give your virtual machine access to a network.
With one of these bridged networking options, the virtual machine appears as an additional
computer on the same physical Ethernet network as your Mac. The virtual machine can
use any of the services available on the network to which it is bridged, including file
servers, printers, gateways, and so on. Likewise, any physical host or other virtual machine
configured with bridged networking can use resources of that virtual machine.
Private to my Mac When you use this type of network connection, the virtual machine is connected to your
Mac’s operating system on a virtual private network, which normally is not visible outside
your Mac. Multiple virtual machines configured with host-only networking on the same Mac
are on the same network.
n Connect and Set Up the Network Adapter
You can connect the virtual network adapter for the virtual machine and set the type of networking to
use.
n Assign a MAC Address to a Virtual Machine Manually
You can assign a MAC address manually if you need to ensure that the same MAC address is
always assigned to the virtual network adaptor for a virtual machine.
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