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vmware player: Setup a unique connection inside guest OS

ComputerGuy2006

ComputerGuy2006

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My goal: Setup a VM that is connected to the internet using wifi, and not main internet connection from PC. My internet on my PC (host) is using Ethernet is a 100% separate connection from my wifi. I want to be able to log into the vm and keep all activities from it 100% separate. While I would rather never been connected using the wireless on my host PC.

Would this be as simple as bridging my wireless Ethernet adapter in the vmware player settings? Or would this fail horrible as bridge only works with connections that are setup on the guest OS?

One random post I read online (which I cannot find anymore) said that you would need a USB wireless NIC adapter, so it could be passed into the vmware guest as a USB device. Since my guest will be Linux, id need something like the ASUS USB-N13.

But if I would connect something to my PC, even if it did pass-through to the guest. Wouldn't both the guest and host fight for USB control?

I am not sure how this works. Can some experts on this give me some advice?
 
Should work like that. I used to do this in VMware Workstation. Player may have limitations however.

You can also add a NIC to the machine, unbind TCP/IP and the like off it and then bridge it to the VM.
 
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