| 1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="settings-network">
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| 4 | <title>Network Settings</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | The <b outputclass="bold">Network</b> section in a virtual
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| 9 | machine's <b outputclass="bold">Settings</b> window enables
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| 10 | you to configure how <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> presents virtual network cards
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| 11 | to your VM, and how they operate.
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| 12 | </p>
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| 13 | <p>
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| 14 | When you first create a virtual machine, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> by default
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| 15 | enables one virtual network card and selects the Network Address
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| 16 | Translation (NAT) mode for it. This way the guest can connect to
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| 17 | the outside world using the host's networking and the outside
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| 18 | world can connect to services on the guest which you choose to
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| 19 | make visible outside of the virtual machine.
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| 20 | </p>
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| 21 | <p>
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| 22 | This default setup is good for the majority of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
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| 23 | users. However, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> is extremely flexible in how it can
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| 24 | virtualize networking. It supports many virtual network cards per
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| 25 | virtual machine. The first four virtual network cards can be
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| 26 | configured in detail in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. Additional network cards can
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| 27 | be configured using the <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> command.
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| 28 | </p>
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| 29 | <p>
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| 30 | Many networking options are available. See
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| 31 | <xref href="networkingdetails.dita#networkingdetails"/> for more information.
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| 32 | </p>
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| 33 | </body>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | </topic>
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