Network settings for VMWare Fusion

Network settings for VMWare Fusion
Posted October 6th, 2010 by David Gabbe
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• Bridged
• Fusion
• NAT
• network
• VMWare
By default VMWare Fusion sets the network setting to NAT (Share the Mac's network connection). The advantage of this setting is as your Mac switches networks, your virtual PC (guest operating system) will switch too.
However, some Windows programs are designed a bit differently, such as the admin software that controls our phone system and it expects to communicate directly with the physical network. It wants Bridged (Connect directly to the physical network).
A good hint to try Bridged is when you get a cryptic error message about not being able to connect or detect some device. Scanners and faxes are likely to prefer a Bridged connection as well.