What is the differnence between nat and bridge networking in vmware?

What is the differnence between nat and bridge networking in vmware (windows)

thanksWhat is the differnence between nat and bridge networking in vmware?
When you use NAT, you are putting the guest on its own private network that is "behind" the host machine. If you don't trust the software you will be running on the guest, or if you think other people on your main network might try to do bad things to the guest VM, then using NAT is a good option. However, NAT also adds an extra layer of complexity which can make it more likely that the guest will have connectivity issues, especially with the outside world (i.e. the Internet).



In bridged networking, your network card just provides multiple connections to the same network. If your goal is to have your guest behave exactly the same as if you had just plugged another physical computer into your network, you will probably want to use the bridged networking option.