VMware bridged networking is a type of network connection which allows the virtual machine to act as a unique machine on the network in which other physical machines exist. A dedicated IP is allocated to the virtual machine connected in bridged mode. In this article I’ll show you how to configure your VMware machines to work in bridged networking mode and some common problems that you might encounter while doing this. Bridged network setup is the easiest way to give virtual machine access to other machines on the network. The advantage of this setup is all virtual machines can access the other physical computers on that network and the other machines can also access the virtual machines irrespective of the host computer’s firewall configurations. Before you continue reading this make sure you read the articles Components of VMware Network and Using VMware Network Editor (vmnetcfg.exe)

The Requirements for a bridged network

• A provision for allocating a dedicated IP for all the virtual machines
• The host (physical computer) network adapter should be connected
• VMware bridge protocol enabled for the host adapter
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