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Thefirsttopicsinthischapterintroducethevirtualnetworkingcomponentsthat
VMwareServerprovidesanddescribehowyoucanusethemwithyourvirtual
machine.Therestofthechapterprovidesmoredetailonnetworkingcapabilitiesand
specializedconfigurations.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“NetworkBasics”onpage 212
“ComponentsoftheVirtualNetwork”onpage 213
“CommonNetworkingConfigurations”onpage 215
“ExampleCustomNetworkingConfiguration”onpage 219
“ChangingtheNetworkingConfigurationonpage 222
“A d va n c e d NetworkingTopicsonpage 230
“UnderstandingNAT”onpage 248
“UsingSambaforFileSharingonaLinuxHost”onpage 258
“UsingtheVirtualNetworkEditoronpage 267
Configuring a Virtual
Network
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