Ticket #16913 (closed enhancement: duplicate)
Add network options overview section in the manual -> duplicate of #16912
| Reported by: | socratis | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | documentation | Version: | VirtualBox 5.1.22 |
| Keywords: | network overview, user manual | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
There are a lot of users that are getting confused for what option to use when selecting an appropriate network. What I have found useful is to include a small table that summarizes the capabilities of each and every network mode. Something like the following:
| VM <-> Host | VM1 <-> VM2 | VM -> Internet | VM <- Internet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HostOnly | + | + | - | - |
| Internal | - | + | - | - |
| Bridged | + | + | + | + |
| NAT | - | - | + | Port forward |
| NATService | - | + | + | Port forward |
Please consider adding something like that at the beginning of Ch. 6 Networking. I have a feeling it will help tremendously with the user understanding and support.
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What in the seven kingdoms??? I created a duplicate??? Either I dbl-clicked or something didn't work as planned. Sorry about that...
Please close this ticket as a duplicate of #16912.