VMware Workstation – No Experience Necessary

Chapter 5. Networking VMware Workstation

If you just want to do an easy installation of a virtual machine, you don't have to worry about VMware Workstation networking; every virtual machine you'll create will be able to reach other computers on the network. If you want to set up a test environment, networking does become important. In some cases you'll need the virtual machines to be on an isolated network, where in other cases you'll need to use multiple network interfaces in a virtual machine. In this chapter, you'll learn about the different scenarios for setting up VMware Workstation networks.

Using different networking modes

If you're setting up a VMware Workstation environment as a test environment, you need to configure the appropriate networking. ...