Custom NAT and DHCP Configuration on a Windows Host

If you are an advanced user on a Windows host computer, you can make custom configuration settings by editing the NAT and DHCP configuration files. If your host operating system is installed on the C drive, the configuration files for NAT and DHCP are in the following locations:

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NAT: C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/VMware/vmnetnat.conf

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DHCP: C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/VMware/vmnetdhcp.conf

Note

You can change many key NAT and DCHP settings using the Virtual Network Editor (Host > Virtual Network Settings). However, if you have made manual changes to the configuration files, some or all of those changes might be lost when you use the Virtual Network Editor. If you have made manual changes, you should make backup copies of the files before changing any settings in the Virtual Network Editor. After making changes in the Virtual Network Editor, you can copy your manual changes back into the appropriate configuration files.