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    <title>topic Re: Guest operating system direct access to multiple NICs in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;As per &lt;A href="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1020359" title="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1020359"&gt;VMware Knowledge Base&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unlike USB devices, it is not possible to connect a host's network adapter directly to a guest virtual machine. However, you can use the network adapter of the host only with guest virtual machines.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:35:41 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>vijayrana968</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-08-23T07:35:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Guest operating system direct access to multiple NICs</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Guest-operating-system-direct-access-to-multiple-NICs/m-p/2760261#M166911</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am running a series of CPUs that have 5 1Gb NICs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The host's operating system is Windows 10 Pro, and the guest operating system is Linux Mint 19. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The common NAT'd connection, standard network connection works fine.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The problem is, I want the guest (Linux Mint) to have direct access and full control over the remaining 4 NICs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The remaining 4 NICs do not necessarily have an IPv4 or IPv6 protocol stack loaded against them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So, direct access to the hardware from the guest is needed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As an example, imagine the guest Linux Mint running Wire Shark against the 4 remaining NICs to watch all kinds of packets and protocols.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can this be done, and if so are there any documented resources or quicks around?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VR&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:44:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>weedware</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-08-23T05:44:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Guest operating system direct access to multiple NICs</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Guest-operating-system-direct-access-to-multiple-NICs/m-p/2760262#M166912</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;As per &lt;A href="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1020359" title="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1020359"&gt;VMware Knowledge Base&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unlike USB devices, it is not possible to connect a host's network adapter directly to a guest virtual machine. However, you can use the network adapter of the host only with guest virtual machines.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 07:35:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>vijayrana968</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-08-23T07:35:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Guest operating system direct access to multiple NICs</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Guest-operating-system-direct-access-to-multiple-NICs/m-p/2760263#M166913</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;While not 'direct' access, use the Virtual Network Editor and for any unused VMnets (2-7, 9), specify a particular physical host NIC.&amp;nbsp; Then in your VM configuration, use a "Custom" network type, and specify the desired VMnet.&amp;nbsp; This will use the VMware Bridge Protocol through that host NIC to get networking to your guest.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>RDPetruska</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-08-23T12:23:07Z</dc:date>
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