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Ipconfig display

I have the IP configuration below.
I know that 10.0.0.1 is the IP of my wireless Router, because I can access the Router web console using 10.0.0.1
I have installed Vmware Workstation and some Windows VMs
In the past I configured the Default Gateway for the VMs to be 192.168.80.2, and I am still able to connect to Internet from my VMs.
However I am trying to understand what makes my VMs be able to connect to Internet, since the Wireless router is in the 10.0.0.x subnet and the DG of the VMs is 192.168.80.2, which is the IP address of the WINS server in the displayed config below:
I also need someone to explain to me what are all the adapters and IPs displayed below and what they represent.

Thanks you

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C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyLaptop
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : BC-EE-7B-17-B9-5E
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1E-71-D9-AC-0F-6B
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 3:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-00-88-77
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::207a:9bc1:322b:48ba%15(Preferred)
   Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.72.186(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 185073703
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-60-3F-FF-6C-71-D9-AC-0F-6B
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 4:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1829:a796:da83:4bda%16(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 2:30:07 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 3:44:55 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.254
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201347158
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-60-3F-FF-6C-71-D9-AC-0F-6B
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.2
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 5:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d556:5904:a660:337c%4(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 2:29:55 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 3:44:54 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.254
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 402673750
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-60-3F-FF-6C-71-D9-AC-0F-6B
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 6:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-02
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::20ea:1cef:b2c2:d64d%12(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 2:30:04 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 3:44:54 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.254
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 335564886
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-60-3F-FF-6C-71-D9-AC-0F-6B
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 6C-71-D9-AC-0F-6B
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2601:580:c101:22b3:478:20bf:b2eb:588b(Preferred)
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2601:580:c101:22b3:6e71:d9ff:feac:f6b(Preferred)
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 2:43:46 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 23, 2015 2:43:45 AM
   Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2601:580:c101:22b3:ec55:757b:22a7:4c41(Preferred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::478:20bf:b2eb:588b%8(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.4(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 19, 2015 2:30:28 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 26, 2015 2:43:50 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::e288:5dff:fe88:558d%8
                                       10.0.0.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 258765273
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1B-60-3F-FF-6C-71-D9-AC-0F-6B
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:feed::1
                                       2001:558:feed::2
                                       75.75.75.75
                                       75.75.76.76
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{CE705F24-BF58-4994-96B2-6D3BAC81A9A1}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{B5937B4E-624D-4EB7-8942-AEE62D098A78}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7F0066B8-455B-46DF-AD1A-51EA9C8A015A}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{DF5C1317-6DB8-4613-8AA0-3A75C4E07262}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{1CCE7313-F6A8-4B54-9BF4-2699030C2EC3}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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jskfan

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The DG is 192.168.80.2 for all my VMs, and it is showing that IP address is WINS server, as you can see on the Ipconfig display. confusing here:

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.2

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Correct, as defined by the VMware Internal DHCP Server on your VMware Workstation Virtual NAT Network.

and VMware Workstation NAT Network Links to > Production Network (IP 10.x.x.x.)

Did you read and visit the VMware Support Link I posted, which shows the difference between NAT, Host Only and Bridged?

Do you understand the fundamentals of NAT ?

because this is what happenes on your Production Network to your ISP, you are NATTed...

So basically, VMs are Doubled NATTED....

NAT1 (VMware Workstation) ---> NAT2 (Production 10.x.x.x) Network --> ISP

jskfan

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Andrew,

I understand the NATTing.
Vmware Workstation has kind of Virtual Router that NATs the Laptop IP subnet (10.x.x.x) to 192.168.80.x
What I wanted to understand is why the DG of all VMs inside VM Workstation is using an IP address of WINS server ?

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.2

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

VMware Workstation does not have a virtual router, it has a virtual network, in NAT mode, using a vitual network interface.

Because that's what the virtual network editor, has been configured to provide those settings to VMs.

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jskfan

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Thank you Guys!