VMware Virtual Network Editor

Many students who have been using VMware for a long time have not been exposed to VMware 's virtual network editor . In fact, this tool is very useful and powerful.

As we all know, after installing the VMware software, the system will automatically appear VMnet1,VMnet8 two virtual network card, also know that the virtual machine can be bridged,NAT , and other ways to connect the network, is actually the connection between the virtual NIC and the host. However, how to configure the virtual network card, how to use and achieve more powerful functions, the following is resolved.

(I use VMware, if you are an earlier version, the interface and menu location may be slightly different, but these features are basic.) ）

Tools / Materials

• VMware Ten or earlier versions

Method / Step

1. First find the Virtual Network Editor menu.

VMware Have been provided virtual Network Editor tool, if you are earlier version, may be in other sub-menu location, please look carefully. If the English version, this tool is called "Virtual Network Editor".

2. The following is the Virtual Network editor interface, listing three virtual NIC:VMnet0,1,8, the bottom half of the window shows the currently selected virtual network card settings options.

You may wonder why the operating system can only see 1 and 8, this is because 0 is the bridge mode (in the figure of each network card is indicated its operating mode), the bridge is actually the host's physical network card, so in the operating system is not listed.

3. Now look at the VMnet8, which is the NAT setting. Note that there can only be one virtual NIC running in Nat mode in the system, so if you want to add or modify the other NIC as Nat mode, the system will pop up an error dialog to remind you that you cannot set this up.

, you can modify the IP subnet parameters for this virtual network at 1 . We know that the IP of the virtual network card that is automatically generated when installing the VMware software is random and can be modified here when we need to modify it to the set value we want, such as the virtual machine where we perform the debugging work environment, when the host system is reinstalled, To restore the original debugging environment, the parameters of the virtual network card will be restored to the previous state, you can set here.

DHCP the options should not be explained too much, then click 2to see the NAT settings.

4. There are also two main settings in the NAT settings interface, where DNS settings allow you to choose whether to use the default DNS or to set up a more convenient DNS , as you would with a router server; As for NetBios settings, the main impact is the effect of accessing the network Places in a Windows peer, which is now almost no longer used by most users.

5. Below we add a new virtual network card, click [ Add network ], in the popup dialog box can be modified to modify the name (serial number) of the virtual networks. We can see that we can allocate as many as ten, I remember the previous 7.x version, only a total of 0-9 .

6. , the VMnet2 We added has already been put in, the default is " host mode only ", and automatically generated subnet IP settings, you can modify. As mentioned in the previous NAT mode virtual network card restrictions, and bridge mode virtual network card is also limited, that is, every network card on the physical host, only corresponding to add a bridge mode of the virtual network card, that is, if you have more than one NIC on the host, each block can be bound to a virtual network card, But I think most of the machines actually have only one NIC.

In fact, the most we use is only the host mode, with this mode can be many virtual machines to form a large virtual network, even if not on the same host virtual machine can also network, if you want to divide the IP subnet design. This is like using real physical machine networking, but planning, managing, and deploying it is more streamlined and efficient.

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Precautions

• Before you deploy a large virtual host network, you must first do a virtual subnet division and IP planning.
• NAT The virtual network card can only have one block, and each physical network card can be set up with a bridged virtual network card.  

VMware Virtual Network editor

Many students who have been using VMware for a long time have not been exposed to VMware 's virtual network editor . In fact, this tool is very useful and powerful.

As we all know, after installing the VMware software, the system will automatically appear VMnet1,VMnet8 two virtual network card, also know that the virtual machine can be bridged,NAT , and other ways to connect the network, is actually the connection between the virtual NIC and the host. However, how to configure the virtual network card, how to use and achieve more powerful functions, the following is resolved.

(I use VMware, if you are an earlier version, the interface and menu location may be slightly different, but these features are basic.) ）

Tools / Materials

• VMware Ten or earlier versions

Method / Step

1. First find the Virtual Network Editor menu.

VMware Have been provided virtual Network Editor tool, if you are earlier version, may be in other sub-menu location, please look carefully. If the English version, this tool is called "Virtual Network Editor".

2. The following is the Virtual Network editor interface, listing three virtual NIC:VMnet0,1,8, the bottom half of the window shows the currently selected virtual network card settings options.

You may wonder why the operating system can only see 1 and 8, this is because 0 is the bridge mode (in the figure of each network card is indicated its operating mode), the bridge is actually the host's physical network card, so in the operating system is not listed.

3. Now look at the VMnet8, which is the NAT setting. Note that there can only be one virtual NIC running in Nat mode in the system, so if you want to add or modify the other NIC as Nat mode, the system will pop up an error dialog to remind you that you cannot set this up.

, you can modify the IP subnet parameters for this virtual network at 1 . We know that the IP of the virtual network card that is automatically generated when installing the VMware software is random and can be modified here when we need to modify it to the set value we want, such as the virtual machine where we perform the debugging work environment, when the host system is reinstalled, To restore the original debugging environment, the parameters of the virtual network card will be restored to the previous state, you can set here.

DHCP the options should not be explained too much, then click 2to see the NAT settings.

4. There are also two main settings in the NAT settings interface, where DNS settings allow you to choose whether to use the default DNS or set up a more convenient DNS server, as you would with a router As for NetBios settings, the main impact is the effect of accessing the network Places in the Windows peer-to-peer networks, which is now almost no longer used by most users.

5. Below we add a new virtual network card, click [ Add network ], in the popup dialog box can be modified to modify the name (serial number) of the virtual networks. We can see that we can allocate as many as ten, I remember the previous 7.x version, only a total of 0-9 .

6. , the VMnet2 We added has already been put in, the default is " host mode only ", and automatically generated subnet IP settings, you can modify. As mentioned in the previous NAT mode virtual network card restrictions, and bridge mode virtual network card is also limited, that is, every network card on the physical host, only corresponding to add a bridge mode of the virtual network card, that is, if you have more than one NIC on the host, each block can be bound to a virtual network card, But I think most of the machines actually have only one NIC.

In fact, the most we use is only the host mode, with this mode can be many virtual machines to form a large virtual network, even if not on the same host virtual machine can also network, if you want to divide the IP subnet design. This is like using real physical machine networking, but planning, managing, and deploying it is more streamlined and efficient.

END

Precautions

• Before you deploy a large virtual host network, you must first do a virtual subnet division and IP planning.
• NAT The virtual network card can only have one block, and each physical network card can be set up with a bridged virtual network card.  

VMware Virtual Network Editor