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I'd like to run a test environment with multiple servers running on VMWare workstation. &nbsp;However, I want the servers and workstations to be on different networks. &nbsp;It looks like I could add a new ethernet card to my PC, and then assign a VM to each network card... but is there any way to do this without having more than one ethernet card? &nbsp;If my ethernet card supports VLAN tagging, can I have each VM on a different VLAN?<br />

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I'd like to run a test environment with multiple servers running on VMWare workstation.  However, I want the servers and workstations to be on different networks.  It looks like I could add a new ethernet card to my PC, and then assign a VM to each network card... but is there any way to do this without having more than one ethernet card?  If my ethernet card supports VLAN tagging, can I have each VM on a different VLAN?


Using VMWare workstation, how do I get different VMs to belong to different networks/VLANS without having more than one ethernet card.

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

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VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.