A technician needs to patch an old accounting program, so they spin up a Windows XP virtual machine on a Windows 11 laptop. For security reasons the VM must not reach the company LAN or the Internet, yet the host OS still has to copy log files from the VM through a shared folder. Which virtual network type best satisfies these requirements?
Host-only networking creates a private virtual network between the host OS and its guest VMs. The host and guest can exchange data, but no routing occurs to the physical NIC, keeping the VM isolated from both the LAN and the wider Internet.
Bridged mode connects the VM directly to the physical network, defeating the isolation requirement.
NAT allows the VM to initiate outbound traffic to external networks, which is also disallowed.
Selecting No adapter severs all network links, preventing the host from accessing the shared folder. Therefore, host-only networking is the only option that meets both isolation and host-communication goals.
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