User`s manual

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Chapter 15 Advanced Virtual Networking
nameserver2IPaddressofaDNSservertouse.
nameserver3IPaddressofaDNSservertouse.
Ifautodetectisonandsomenameserversarespecified,theDNSserversspecified
innameserver1,nameserver2,andnameserver3areaddedbeforethelistof
detectedDNSservers.
The [netbios] Section
The[netbios]sectionappliestoWindowshostsonly.Linuxdoesnotusethissec
tion.
nbnsTimeout = 2Timeout,inseconds,forNBNSqueries.
nbnsRetries = 3NumberofretriesforeachNBNSquery.
nbdsTimeout = 3Timeout,inseconds,forNBDSqueries.
The [incomingtcp] Section
Usethe[incomingtcp]sectiontoconfigureTCPportforwardingforNAT.Inthis
section,youcanassignaportnumbertoanIPaddressandportnumberonavirtual
machine.
Thefollowinglineshowstheformatusedinthissection:
8887 = 192.168.27.128:21
Thisexamplecreatesamapfromport8887onthehosttotheIPaddress192.168.27.128
andport21.Whenthismapissetandanexternalmachineconnectstothehostatport
8887,thenetworkpacketsareforwardedtoport21(thestandardportforFTP)onthe
virtualma
chinewithIPaddress192.168.27.128.
The [incomingudp] Section
Usethe[incomingudp]sectiontoconfigureUDPportforwardingforNAT.Inthis
section,youcanassignaportnumbertoanIPaddressandportnumberonavirtual
machine.
Thefollowinglineshowstheformatusedinthissection.Itillustratesawaytoforw
ard
Xse
rvertrafficfromthehostport6000tothevirtualmachine’sport6001:
6000 = 192.168.27.128:6001
Thisexamplecreatesamapfromport6000onthehosttotheIPaddress192.168.27.128
andport6001.Whenthismapissetandan externalmachineconnectstothehostatport
6000,thenetworkpacketsareforwardedtoport6001onthevirtualmachinewith
IP address192.168.27.128.