The virtual machine is a full participant in the network. Bridged networking works with both wired and wireless host network adapters.īridged networking configures the virtual machine as a unique identity on the network, separate from and unrelated to the host system. The host network adapter enables the virtual machine to connect to the LAN that the host system uses.
With bridged networking, the virtual network adapter in the virtual machine connects to a physical network adapter in the host system. If the host system is on a network, bridged networking is often the easiest way to give the virtual machine access to that network. Bridged networking connects a virtual machine to a network by using the network adapter on the host system. That does NOT make it a security feature, more so as there are so many variants of NAT.When you install Workstation Pro on a Windows or Linux host system, a bridged network (VMnet0) is set up for you. NAT has some side effects that resemble security mechanisms commonly used at the network edge. While NAT can provide some protection it's not a firewall, for the same reason as above( when using NAT, inbound hosts can't connect unless portforwarding is enabled). Incomming connections have to be routed with portforwarding as the host cannot know for what virtual machine the connection is meant. The NAT translates your virtual machines IPs to a single IP. This means in your case that they will be directly connected to the network your host connects to, getting IP addresses from the DHCP server running on the network (which probably also gives your host its IP).īecause you would need to enable portforwarding on the NAT segment. With a bridged interface your virtual machines are directly connected to the network the network interface they are using is connected to. The IP is assigned by a DHCP running on the host You can access the network because your host is doing Network Address Translation (if you don't know what that is What is strict, moderate and open NAT? ). Meaning your VMs are on a different subnet. With NAT the IPs of the virtual machines and the network your host is connecting to are separated.
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