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Configuring Firewall to allow Bridged Network Traffic Through

I have Bitdefender Internet Security 2015 installed on my host computer. I have recently discovered that allowing the firewall to remain "On" blocks all traffic if I have the network set to "Bridged" networking. NAT seems to work fine. If I turn Bitdefender's firewall off, then Bridged connections work fine. I was wondering if anyone here knows how to configure the firewall to allow traffic through. For whatever reason, the bridged connection (VMnet-0) does not appear in my firewall. To be fair, I can't even find it in the Control Panel. I see VMnet-8 (NAT) and VMnet-1 (Custom), but I cannot find VMnet-0 (Bridged).


Any advice would be appreciated.


Host Specs:


OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64 bit)

Processor: Intel I7 (@ 3.5 GHz)

RAM: 16GB

Security: Bitdefender Internet Security 2015


Guest Specs:

OS: Windows 7

RAM: 8GB


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