Guest operating system direct access to multiple NICs

[weedware]

I am running a series of CPUs that have 5 1Gb NICs.

The host's operating system is Windows 10 Pro, and the guest operating system is Linux Mint 19.

The common NAT'd connection, standard network connection works fine.

The problem is, I want the guest (Linux Mint) to have direct access and full control over the remaining 4 NICs.

The remaining 4 NICs do not necessarily have an IPv4 or IPv6 protocol stack loaded against them.

So, direct access to the hardware from the guest is needed.

As an example, imagine the guest Linux Mint running Wire Shark against the 4 remaining NICs to watch all kinds of packets and protocols.

Can this be done, and if so are there any documented resources or quicks around?

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[vijayrana968]

As per VMware Knowledge Base

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.

[RDPetruska]

While not 'direct' access, use the Virtual Network Editor and for any unused VMnets (2-7, 9), specify a particular physical host NIC.  Then in your VM configuration, use a "Custom" network type, and specify the desired VMnet.  This will use the VMware Bridge Protocol through that host NIC to get networking to your guest.