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What I have: a Windows 10 Pro notebook with connected WiFi and connected ethernet, both NICs (separately with each his own different default gateway) providing a full Internet connection. I'm also using VMware Workstation.

The outcome I'm looking for: use the WiFi internet connection for all my VMware machines (as default gateway) to access the internet, and the ethernet connection as default gateway for my host OS Windows.

Under different circumstance I'd probably connect one network device directly to a VM and use it for routing, but given that the VMs are Linux and my wifi network device may not work that well on this I'd rather not go that way.

  • Is there a way provided by Windows to allow for inter-network-device routing on Windows 10 Pro? (host-OS -> ethernet, VMnet8-NAT-device -> WiFi)
  • ..or is that a kind of featureset that'd require a server-edition Windows? (There would be additional network modules in Windows 10 Pro optional features.)

I don't mind using netsh or route to achieve that goal, I'm just a little lost as to how to approach this issue.

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  • Are both NICs on the same subnet with the same gateway out?
    – Daniel K
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:10
  • Is this for VMware Workstation?
    – albal
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:19
  • I added a clarification for your comments, thank you for pointing it out!
    – deucalion
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:23

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VMware Workstation does not give you the option of which physical network adapter to use for NAT. It does if you use a bridged network.

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I am not sure if the following will work for NAT: Go into Windows Network Connections select your Physical Network adapter, right click and open Properties. There you will be able to uncheck VMware Bridge Protocol.

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  • Thank you for your suggestion! While I distinctly remember that option existing a while back, it no longer does on Windows 10 and VMware Workstation 11.1.2, sorry.
    – deucalion
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:28
  • @deucalion By "option" and "it" do you mean choosing the adapter for a bridged network?
    – albal
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:30
  • My apologies, the "VMware Bridge Protocol" no longer is part of the list of items in a NIC's properties. I think that would have to do with the way VMware implements bridging in the current version.
    – deucalion
    Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 8:34

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