Configuring Hyper-V networking
Each VM is essentially another host in your infrastructure. It’s important therefore to set up networking for your Hyper-V hosts. There are three basic types of networking:
- External: This enables a VM to share the host’s physical NIC and participate in host-to-host networking
- VM to VM only: This is a secure network that enables traffic between VMs only
- VM to VM and VM Host: This is a fairly secure network that shares traffic between VMs and the VM host
You start the configuration process by creating a VM switch. If you create either an external or VM to VM and VM host switch, then Windows adds a NIC into the VM host to enable the host to communicate via the VM Switch. Once you have the VM switch(es) set up, you can configure ...
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