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What are vmnet1, vmnet8

Asked by Peter J. Kane

I have installed vmware server on 7.10, and find that when I run the command "ifconfig" it shows interfaces "vmnet1, and "vmnet8". What are these interfaces for? If not needed, how can I delete them from my system.

Thanks in advance

PJK

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello

They are a part of Virtual Machines(VM) and VMware in Computer networking,

This link will give you some info..

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1156371,00.asp

Bhavani Shankar.

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