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Adding an Ethernet
adapter to a virtual machine
You can add up to three virtual Ethernet
adapters to a virtual machine. A virtual Ethernet
adapter allows you to specify the virtual network to which
you want this network adapter connected.
To add a virtual Ethernet
adapter
to a virtual machine:
- Select File > Open and open the virtual machine
configuration file
(.cfg) you want to
modify.
- Select Settings > Configuration Editor from Workstation.
- Click the
+ sign next to "Ethernet Adapters".
- Select a
device node where you want to create a virtual Ethernet adapter. If a slot is
not currently configured, the description reads "Not Installed".
Note:
If you have already added three Ethernet
adapters to your virtual machine, you must remove one
to continue.
- From
the "Connection Type" field, make a selection:
- Bridged. Select this option if you want to enable bridged networking for
the virtual machine. Bridged networking uses the VMnet0 adapter.
- NAT. Select this option if you want to enable network address
translation networking for the virtual machine.
Network address translation (NAT) uses
the VMnet8 adapter.
- Host-only. Select this option if you want to enable host-only networking for
the virtual machine. Host-only networking uses the VMnet1 adapter.
- Custom. Select this option if you want to enable a custom network
configuration, and then choose the specific virtual network you want to use.
VMnet 2, VMnet3, VMnet4, VMnet5, VMnet6, and VMnet7 adapters are reserved for
custom networking configurations.
- Click Install.
- Click .
- Click OK to close the Configuration Editor.
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