● Virtual machine setup enables us to
perform computer networking activities
such as when testing new services,
deploying networks, or configuring virtual
labs, etc.
● For the virtual machine to perform
networking, its network settings must be
configured first. There are various ways in
which virtual machine's settings can be
configured.
● VMware Workstation and VirtualBox
systems.
● Applicable to other virtualization software.
● The virtual networking components in the
abovementioned virtual machines include
virtual switches, virtual network adapters,
DHCP servers, and NAT servers.
● Emulated network devices
• Hides the guest OSes behind a firewall.
• The host computer creates a virtual router
and connects the guest operating systems
to the Internet through IP address translation
(enables outbound connections).
• If you just want the guest OS to be
connected to the Internet without local
networking, this is the best option.
• Internet protocol
sits at Layer
Three of the OSI
model,
• Its job is to
deliver packets
to other
networking
devices, typically
between
separate
networks.
• There was no
way to predict
when we’d hit
the limits on
these protocols.
• But as we all
know, things
changed rapidly,
w i t h a n
exponential
growth of
networking
nodes that have
since covered
the world.
NAT
● Rapid depletion
of IPv4
● NAT reuses IP
address
● Private and
Public IP address
• Internet protocol
sits at Layer
Three of the OSI
model,
• Its job is to
deliver packets
to other
networking
devices, typically
between
separate
networks.
• There was no
way to predict
when we’d hit
the limits on
these protocols.
• But as we all
know, things
changed rapidly,
w i t h a n
exponential
growth of
networking
nodes that have
since covered
the world.
NAT
● Addresses rapid
depletion of IPv4
● NAT reuses IP
address
● Private and
Public IP address
• Similar to NAT, but with additional capability
of networking with another guest OS
connected to the same NAT network.
• This configuration is just like when your
laptop and other devices on the network
are connected to a WIFI network.
• In this case, the access point where the
clients connect to is the router, NAT server,
DHCP server, and gateway at the same
time.
• This mode is used to connect the VM's virtual
network adapter to a physical network that
the VirtualBox host machine's physical
network adapter is already connected to.
• The host network port is used by a VM virtual
network adapter to connect to a network.
• Bridged networking establishes the virtual
machine as an independent workstation,
separate from the host system.
• It has network access, and other machines
on the network can contact it as if it were a
physical computer on the network.
• Use host-only networking to set up a virtual
network that is separate from other
networks.
• A virtual network interface on the host
operating system connects the virtual
machine to the network.
• On the host-only network, the network is fully
contained in the system that is hosting it.
• The IP address are given out by the virtual
DHCP server.
• In Windows-based host, the process of
providing an Internet connection to the
guest OSes is by using the Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS) setup.
• Networking is like bridged networking in that
the VM can directly communicate with the
outside world. However, the outside world is
limited to other VMs on the same host which
connect to the same internal network.
• Internally connected to each
other and completely isolated
from the outside/external
network.
• If you prefer two or more VMs on the same
machine to communicate privately, hiding
their data from both the host system and the
user, Internal networking the best option.
● Specific to VirtualBox, there is a utility called
VBoxManage that can do the process
mentioned above.
● The set of commands in VBoxManage can
be invoked from the command line (cmd
for Windows/terminal for Linux).
● To recognize the commands in Windows,
you need to specify first the path to
VirtualBox.
● To add this command permanently, you
can set the path in Windows Environment
Variables from the Advanced System
Settings.
● To add this command permanently, you
can set the path in Windows Environment
Variables from the Advanced System
Settings.
