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Host has 2 LAN adapters - use BOTH when running a VM without a switch
Hi there
You can get hugely better throughput on a VM (network wise) if you have 2 LAN adapters / NIC's and use 1 for the HOST and 1 for the VM when using VBOX or VMWARE. Set the VM to use BRIDGED networking (i.e it has its own IP address).
With HYPER-V you can set a switch so no probs - but users with VMware / VBOX can use both and avoid having to use a "Virtual network adapter" giving faster network throughput.
You'll also probably get better network browsing if you also set the DNS's is Google (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) rather than the standard ones you get from your ISP - if you don't like Google there are some other fast public DNS's around.
Cheers
Jimbo