User`s manual

Workstation User’s Manual
292 VMware, Inc.
Beforeyouattempttosetupcomplexvirtualnetworks,youneedagoodunderstanding
ofhowtoconfigurenetworkdevicesinyourhostandguestoperatingsystems.
Figure 14‐4showsmostofthewaysyoucancombinedevicesonavirtualnetwork.In
thisexample,aWebserverconnectsthroughafirew
alltoanexte
rnalnetwork.An
administrator’scomputerconnectstotheWebserverthroughasecondfirewall.
Figure 14-4. Custom Configuration with Two Firewalls
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Othercustomconfigurationsaredescribedin“AdvancedVirtualNetworking”on
page 303and“UsingNAT”onpage 316.
Set Up a Custom Networking Configuration
Tosetupthecustomnetworkingconfiguration,createfourvirtualmachinesanduse
thevirtualmachinesettingseditortoadjustthesettingsfortheirvirtualnetwork
adapters.Installtheappropriateguestoperatingsystemsandapplicationsoftwarein
eachvirtualmachineandmaketheappropriatenetworkingsettingsineachvirtual
machine.
virtual
network
adapter
virtual network switch
(VMnet2)
virtual network switch
(VMnet3)
virtual network switch
(VMnet0)
virtual machine 4
“internal” PC
virtual
network
adapter
virtual
network
adapter
virtual
network
adapter
virtual machine 1
firewall
virtual
network
adapter
virtual
network
adapter
virtual machine 3
firewall
virtual machine 2
Web server
host
network
adapter
virtual bridge