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"BRIDGED" VIRTUAL MACHINES IN "VMWARE PLAYER", "ORACLE VM VIRTUALBOX", AND "WINDOWS VIRTUAL PC" SUMMARY:
For "VMware Player", "Oracle VM VirtualBox", and "Windows Virtual PC" virtual machines, the"Bridged" bridge network configuration makes the virtual machine act like it is directly attached to your real, physical local area network (LAN). However, the virtual "Bridged" bridge network is thetrickiest one to install and configure so here is some technical advice for you.

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
UPSTREAM NETWORK ADAPTER ISSUES FOR THE HOST COMPUTER:
According to various discussion groupposts, very few real, physical Wi-Fi adapters (for the host) will work as the upstream "Bridged" adapter for "VMware Player 3" or "Oracle VM VirtualBox 4". The Linksys (Cisco) "Dual-Bank Wireless-NUSB Adapter" (model = WUSB600N) is capable of acting as the upstream Wi-Fi adapter for a "bridged" virtual machine in both "VMware Player 3" and "Oracle VM VirtualBox 4".

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN"VMWARE..", "..VIRTUALBOX", AND "WINDOWS VIRTUAL PC" FOR CONFIGURING THE UPSTREAM NETWORK ADAPTER IN THE HOST COMPUTER:

Checkmarking the "VMware Bridge Protocol" connects the upstream physical networkadapter of the host to the virtual "Bridged" bridge of the "VMware Player" system.

Checkmarking the "VirtualBox Bridged Networking Driver" in the "..Properties" box of the upstream host adapterconnects the physical network adapter to the virtual "Bridged" bridge of the "Oracle VM VirtualBox" system. Checkmarking the "Virtual PC Network Filter Driver" in the "..Properties" box of theupstream host adapter connects the physical network adapter to the virtual "Bridged" bridge of the "Windows Virtual PC" system. ************************************************************* In "VMwarePlayer", if you have multiple network adapters in the host computer, the virtual "Bridged" bridge will automatically connect to the network adapter that connects upstream towards the Internet, if the...