Specifications

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9. Configure the networking capabilities of the virtual machine.
If your host computer is on a network and you have a separate IP address for
your virtual machine (or can get one automatically from a DHCP server), select
Use bridged networking.
If you do not have a separate IP address for your virtual machine but you want to
be able to connect to the Internet, select Use network address translation
(NAT). NAT is useful if you have a wireless network adapter on a Linux host (as
bridged networking on wireless network adapters is supported only on
Windows hosts). It also allows for the sharing of files between the virtual
machine and the host operating system.
To enable your virtual machine to use a virtual network limited to the host and
the virtual machines on the host using only the host-only network adapter,
select Use host-only networking.
For more details about VMware GSX Server networking options, see Networking
on page 227.
If you selected Typical as your configuration path, go to step 13.
If you selected Custom as your configuration path, continue with the steps for
customizing your virtual machine configuration.