How to share files between Vmware workstation Guest operating system and Host

• Both systems run Windows operating systems, using Windows file sharing
• You are connecting from a Linux system to a Windows system, using smbmount
• You are connecting from a Windows system to a Linux system, using Samba
• Both systems run Linux operating systems, using NFS, FTP and Telnet 

For this to work set up your virtual machine using NAT networking.Besides giving the virtual machine a direct connection to the host computer's network, NAT networking sets up a virtual network adapter on the host computer. You can use this adapter, which connects to a virtual switch identified as vmnet8, to communicate between host and virtual machine. You can also connect two or more virtual machines using vmnet8. For details on NAT networking, see Network Address Translation (NAT). 


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