VMware Workstation 5.0Features | Documentation | Knowledge Base
| Discussion Forums Network Address Translation (NAT) NAT gives
a virtual machine access to network resources using the host
computer's IP address. A network address translation connection
is set up automatically if you follow the Custom path in the New
Virtual Machine Wizard and select Use network address
translation. If you want to connect to the Internet or other
TCP/IP network using the host computer's dial-up networking or
broadband connection and you are not able to give your virtual
machine an IP address on the external network, NAT is often the
easiest way to give your virtual machine access to that network.
NAT also allows you to connect to a TCP/IP network using a Token
Ring adapter on the host computer. If you use NAT, your virtual
machine does not have its own IP address on the external
network. Instead, a separate private network is set up on the
host computer. Your virtual machine gets an address on that
network from the VMware virt