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    <title>Configure Networking</title>
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        <p>Use the <uicontrol>Network</uicontrol> tool in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> to create and manage the networks used by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> VMs to communicate each other, the host machine, and external resources.</p>
        <note>You also need to enable the virtual networks to use with each VM you create. See <xref href="settings-network.dita"/>.</note>
        <p>The network types available are:<ul>
                <li><uicontrol>Host-only</uicontrol>. A network for VMs to communicate internally on this machine, but not with external networks.</li>
                <li><uicontrol>NAT</uicontrol>. The default network used by VirtualBox, suitable for most communication between VMs and external networks.</li>
                <li><uicontrol>Cloud</uicontrol>. A network used to connect to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.</li>
            </ul></p>
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