How do you  connect virtual machines and communicate?
<answer> When you use bridged networking, you are taking a physical network adapter on your host PC and allowing your virtual machines to communicate with the physical network. <context> When you use bridged networking, your virtual machine is connected to the LAN as if it were a physical PC connected to your network. It can be assigned a DHCP address or a static IP address. You can configure shares on your virtual machine and ping any machine on your LAN including the host PC. In other words, when you use bridged networking, you are taking a physical network adapter on your host PC and allowing your virtual machines to communicate with the physical network.