8.1

Add a Device
You can add removable devices to use with your virtual machine.
You can add the following devices to a virtual machine:
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network adapters
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hard disks
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camera
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CD/DVD
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sound card
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USB and Bluetooth
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serial ports
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parallel ports
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.
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A virtual machine can use NAT to share the IP address of your host system.
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You can configure a virtual machine to bridge to a specific network interface on the host system. Fusion
supports IPv6 in bridged networking.
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You can create a VPN that includes only the virtual machines on your host system.
NOTE Fusion Pro includes advanced networking features. With these advanced features, you can change
key networking settings, add and remove virtual networks, and create custom virtual networking
configurations. The changes that you make affect all virtual machines running on the host system. For
example, you can specify which subnet is used by Fusion or if a network adapter asks for confirmation
before running in promiscuous mode.
This feature is available in the Fusion Preferences dialog box. To add custom network configurations, you
must provide the administrator password.
In Fusion, when you edit settings for a virtual network adapter, you can choose from several types of
network connections.
Using VMware Fusion
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