[jmFightSpam]

Hi,

I am running VMWare Fusion on OS X Leopard (10.5.2) -- i.e. that is the host
I have Windows Vista 32-bit pre-SP1 running as a VM - i.e. that is the guest

Initially, I just used the default NAT networking option. However, I needed the guest to be able to access some shared drives on another Windows machine on my home network, along with the printer. So I set the networking option to bridged.

When I logged back into the guest after rebooting, I saw that I had two different networks:

A Home Network (Private)
An Unidentified Network (Public)

What is this Unidentified Network and why is it public? What does it do that the Home Network doesn't do?
Is this causing a security risk?

Thanks.

[mattyb]

I got this from williamrobertson's site : William Robertson Its for Parallels but should be the same in VMWare.

* Bridged Ethernet: the VM becomes a peer of the Mac. They will be in effect two machines sharing a common network gateway, which means their IP addresses must be in the same range. I'll be using this option.
* Host-only Networking: the VM becomes a client of the Mac. It can only see (and be seen by) its host machine, and won't have Internet access. Its IP address should be in the same range as "Parallels Host-Guest" (see screenshot below).
* Shared Networking (Network Address Translation): the VM and the Mac will appear as a single machine. Parallels recommend this for a quick and easy general purpose set-up, but it is not ideal for a database server.

hth